We do tell people. For example, when you get off the train at Reading station it clearly says “Welcome to Reading”.

Vorta for Borg Backup - for linux and MacOS. You use it remotely but I use it for local backup because a) its encrypted b) its Borg so awesome and c) easy to use. I just pointed it at my home directory, told it where to place the encrypted backups and how often to make them.

I’ve had to recover files twice and recovery is just as easy as set up.

I did do all that research, none of which changes my opinion that its a bit shit that the only way to import your reading collection is via GoodReads.

To be clear, I’m not saying its a terrible project or even a bad one and I have joined up, I’m simply saying its a bit shit that you can only import from GoodReads. I’m not sure that’s a terribly controversial opinion and its certainly not meant as a slight.

I definitely say read it and me saying its not as good as 1 or 2 is just my opinion :)

Its OK and worth reading just for the sake of completion but its not as good as 2 and nowhere near as good as the first one.

Joined but its a bit shit I can only import from GoodReads.

House of Last Resort is by Christopher Golden. Straub died in 2022,

True, but let’s not forget that Lemmy instances are hosted by ordinary people without the finances to employ high price legal teams. If they receive a threatening letter from (for example) Sony or Disney they still have to either acquiesce or find a lot of money very quickly to simply argue their case.

My favourite read of last year. I know she has a long term illness that hampers her writing speed which is almost criminal as she’s incredibly talented.

Hard agree with the Eldering Saga. I’m just starting the first book of the last trilogy and I have lived these books.

Haven’t seen a mention of Dune yet. It’s not first person style but it is absolutely immersive and in terms of world building second only to Lord of the Rings.

Iain M Banks Culture novels are also great. Again, not first person but still great. Lots of people say Player of Games is the most accessible and that may be true but my favourite is Excession.

Oops, I forgot you said: I’d like to avoid “and it was all a dream”

But it wasn’t! Even if it did inspire the immortal line: " There’s more of gravy than of grave about you"

Surely you mean <ul>…<ol>…</ol></ul>

I’m currently reading Fool’s Fate, the third in the Tawny Man trilogy, which itself is the 3rd trilogy in the Realm of the Elderlings sequence by Robin Hobb. I’ve loved every book so far and this is no exception although

Poor Fitz has had a shit life so far. I’m hoping he gets some sort of happiness before the end of this one.

The Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian is one of the greatest series of novels I’ve ever read. The movie Master & Commander with Paul Bettany and Russel Crowe was an amalgamation of 2 or 3 of the books in that series. It’s also the title of the first book in the series.

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I’m only part way through the 3rd one but I have to agree. This third one in particular just seems like - how much shit can we pile on this lad before he breaks? It’s part of the reason I’m so confused about Kettricken’s anger at him. Yes, he’s been an idiot at times but he literally saved her life more than once. What’s she so angry about?

Ahhhh, OK. Thanks :)

Free speech is a good thing. Absolute free speech is the excuse shit people use to air their shitty opinions.

There’s a difference between ‘governance’ and ‘control’. And I really doubt Erin Kissane of all people is involved in efforts to control the fediverse.

I think it’s because, like all good escapist fiction, the setting plays a part but it’s the people you remember. On the surface they’re novels about the Royal Navy but really, like Star Trek, they’re novels about friendship and people.