I was a Percy Jackson lover 100%

  • Eq0 ( Eq0@literature.cafe ) 
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    3 years ago

    The foundation trilogy! And the “I, robot” novels in smaller part.

    I loved how everything Asimov write about had rational explanations, how every action had a cause and a consequence. I also loved the idea that no single person can change the fate of a society, but only big societal movements can determine history. I now find fun how he gives his own counter example in the Mule plot, thus showing that something extraordinary can sometimes happen.

    In this thread, I really show my age… Most of the books talked about here came out when I was “too old” for them and I didn’t enjoy them much.

    • gabe [he/him] ( gabe@literature.cafe ) OP
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      3 years ago

      I really need to read some Asimov.

      And on your last thing, that is absolutely OK. Not all books are for everyone, that’s the beauty of the diversity of books. I’ve noticed I’ve been growing out of enjoying YA as I age and I seem to enjoy romance and scifi more and more as I get older.

  • Hillock ( Hillock@kbin.social ) 
    3·
    3 years ago

    Rincewind was my favorite character. So the Discworld series was my favorite fantasy series. But only books that included and focused on Rincewind. I only started to appreciate the series as a whole when I got older and reread them.

  • I_am_10_squirrels ( I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 
    3·
    3 years ago

    I enjoyed “the trumpet of the swan” the first time I read it, but then I had to read “the elements of style” also by E B White and it made me not like it by association.

    And I was voracious for “the box car children”, I wanted to be them.

  • Aika ( Aika@literature.cafe ) 
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    3 years ago

    The Spooksville series, I couldn’t wait for the holidays to come around so I could buy myself a new installment.

    Sally, one of the characters from it, introduced me to sarcasm, I used to wonder why she spoke like that, since no one I knew used sarcasm at all.

      • lightsecond ( lightsecond@lemmy.fedireads.com ) 
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        3 years ago

        I’m planning to keep this as a personal instance for experimentation. Running an instance for people takes a lot of time and responsibility and i don’t think i have much of either right now. 😜

        Setting it up made me appreciate how complicated the Lemmy setup is and also how little original literature-related content there is in the lemmyverse. Whenever feasible I’ll try to contribute code/docs to Lemmy and content to literature.cafe. You’re doing a great job with this instance. There’s no reason for me to run a shitty alternative until you decide to return to Bikini Bottom.

        • gabe [he/him] ( gabe@literature.cafe ) OP
          2·
          3 years ago

          100%, lemmy is so freaking frustrating in the way it is now. Whatever you’re comfortable with is what’s best! It was a pain in the ass to set up this instance. Thankfully it’s gotten easier with the past few updates. I am very hopeful for lemmys growth and making more niche focused communities is extremely important to it’s growth in my opinion.

          Know that if things do grow more and you change your mind and decide to open things up, know that I’d support you 100%. Obviously, you don’t need my blessing or support but spreading things out and embracing decentralization across the fediverse is something I will always be down with. I know there’s probably going to be more pause in the future in regards to making alternatives to existing niche communities on lemmy but it’s always good to have choice and just have things spread out. There is no competition here, we’re all federated together.