misericordiae 4d ago • 100%
Just finished Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, and haven't picked out what I'm reading next.
I think this is one of those I should have dropped rather than power through. I liked the story, but the writing style just wasn't for me: poetic, but verbose verging on purple, imo. Is all his work like this? I vaguely remember reading "There Will Come Soft Rains" a long time ago, but I don't remember how it was written. Also, I thought this was going to be Halloween-related, but it really isn't.
Bingo squares: Older Than You Are (1962), Family Drama, (maybe) Plays With Words, Bookception (hard), Now a Major Motion Picture, It's About Time, (alt) A Change in Perspective.
misericordiae 4d ago • 100%
I had similar issues with The Hollow Places, and it put me off reading any more of her horror titles. I do like T. Kingfisher's fairy tale-inspired stuff, however; that kind of voice meshes a lot better with that genre, imo.
misericordiae 1w ago • 100%
I would add The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993) to your Funny and Spooky list. I'll also second the The Fog (1981) suggestion.
misericordiae 2w ago • 100%
Reading Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. I'm not really sold on it yet, but we'll see.
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Finished Neuromancer by William Gibson. I'm glad to have read it to see what so much media took inspiration from, but overall, it wasn't my favorite.
Bingo squares: Older Than You Are (1984), Award Winner (HM), Debut Work (HM), (alt) A Change in Perspective
misericordiae 2w ago • 100%
I'm probably definitely going Sybaris, and then either Dera or Okina. I could never make the Dera work the way I wanted, so hopefully the incarnon boosts it up.
misericordiae 3w ago • 100%
Absolutely agreed. The narrative makes choices in a few places, and some of the second half seems kind of muddled.
misericordiae 3w ago • 100%
That's about where I started to lose interest, too. So much of the interesting world-building is in that first part, before it decides to turn into a heist novel.
misericordiae 3w ago • 100%
I'm desperately trying to finish Neuromancer by William Gibson so I can move on to spooky season books. It's not bad at all, I'm just not really clicking with it, so it's been slow going.
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Finished Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles, a two-timeline mystery focusing on the unsolved murder of a member of a group of friends at Oxford. The author normally writes steamy romances, but this tastefully cut to black before anything got explicit. Something about the writing or story made it a very enjoyable, fast read; I haven't devoured anything so quickly in ages.
Bingo squares: New Release; Disability Representation (hard); LGBTQIA+ Lead (hard); It's About Time (hard); Mashup; Institutional; (alt) A Change in Perspective
misericordiae 3w ago • 100%
Only adult one I can think of is Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams (cats). There's a ton of these for kids, though; here's a few I've read:
- Redwall series by Brian Jacques (forest critters; I found it repetitive after the first few, but ymmv)
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (rats)
- Stewart Little by E.B. White (mouse)
- Charlotte's Web by by E.B. White (pig)
Edit: Sorry, I derped on the scifi/fantasy/action aspect of the request; the E.B. White books don't fall into that category.
misericordiae 4w ago • 100%
Yeah, it definitely looks a bit low budget, but I can forgive that if it gets everything else right enough.
misericordiae 4w ago • 100%
!trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone is excellent.
misericordiae 4w ago • 100%
I think it's still worth seeing if you like Caveat, especially since it seems to be a shared universe (the bunny has a brief cameo). I maybe just set my expectations too high going in.
misericordiae 4w ago • 100%
I wanted to see this thing in motion, so I tried to search up the youtube video, but no dice. Every article on it is just copy-pasted from the original on the Express site, and I can't get the embedded video attached to it to work. I did find an article on NIWA's site about a species of sea pig, which looks similar.
misericordiae 4w ago • 100%
I think my parents have a copy of this (or something that looks very similar)! Not sure anyone's actually made anything from it, though. Really unique design.
In a small Dutch village in the Dark Ages, Frieda carries the blame for her struggle to conceive a child with her husband. She believes God is her only hope and seeks help from the village priest. But when the local butcher attempts to take advantage of Frieda, chasing her into the forest, he mysteriously disappears. Frieda comes back unscathed, the first to ever return from the unknown dangers outside of the village. The community becomes suspicious that it was not God who brought her back safely but a dark force cloaked in fog beyond the edge of the woods. Frieda becomes suspicious as well, but her doubts begin to form a new faith within her; a faith in the ones that linger in the darkness. [https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1219739-witte-wieven](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1219739-witte-wieven) Technically this premiered in the Netherlands already, but it's debuting in the US this week at Fantastic Fest as per [here](https://collider.com/heresy-movie-fantastic-fest-premiere/). Hopefully that counts as "upcoming"!
misericordiae 1mo ago • 100%
Watched Oddity most recently. The writer/director's previous movie, Caveat, had a super ridiculous premise, but some excellent tension at the end, so I was hoping Oddity would be a good evolution of that. Turned out to be kind of a mixed bag, imo, but I didn't dislike it.
misericordiae 1mo ago • 100%
I thought the bones of the plot of Longlegs were cool, but found some of the execution (Longlegs himself, and the uh... method) to be jarringly goofy. Liked the first half and the atmosphere, though.
misericordiae 1mo ago • 100%
they added an element of authenticity and sheer terror
- Longlegs - Longlegs (2024)
I can only assume the writer either has very different taste in horror from me/us, or we've been (not so) cunningly been sucked into engagement bait. Include the movie on a list of modern horror? Sure. I had some issues with it, but whatever. Longlegs himself, though? Oof.
misericordiae 1mo ago • 100%
How was Slewfoot? It's been on my TBR for ages, but I've never gotten around to it.
misericordiae 1mo ago • 100%
I'm about halfway through Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles. It's not as detective-y as I was hoping for, but I'm still finding it quick and absorbing.
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Finished Auberon by James S.A. Corey, which was good.
DNFed A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell about 25% through. The story seemed interesting, but I wasn't vibing with the writing.
misericordiae 1mo ago • 100%
That's really cool (and involved)! Thanks for writing that up. I hope you get a chance to actually try it.
* September 6 at 11 a.m. ET - September 9 at 11 a.m. ET: [Heavy Caliber](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Heavy_Caliber) + 30K Credits * September 13 at 11 a.m. ET - September 16 at 11 a.m. ET: [Depleted Reload](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Depleted_Reload) + 30K Credits * September 20 at 11 a.m. ET - September 23 at 11 a.m. ET: [Tainted Shell](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Tainted_Shell) + 30K Credits * September 27 at 11 a.m. ET - September 30 at 11 a.m. ET: [Magnum Force](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Magnum_Force) + Stratos Emblem (mission details are in the post, if you care)
Mixing every color using light = white Mixing every color using pigments (paint, ink, etc.) = black
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A note: this is not the full series, just a large percentage. ETA: Requires a Kobo account to redeem; also, US only.
> Nightwave: Nora’s Mix Vol. 6 is coming to a close—ending on Tuesday, September 3rd at 1 p.m. ET. However, similar to Nora’s Mix Vol. 6, Nightwave: Nora’s Mix Vol. 7 will be released quickly after, on Tuesday, September 3rd, around 2:15 p.m. ET (whenever we Hotfix!) Vol. 7 rewards are Stalker-themed (the link has a list, but no pictures). Don't forget to spend your creds!
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From their most recent album, _[Twilight Aura](https://amadeusvegas.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-aura)_.
A favorite of mine from a few years ago.
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From the album _Tokyo Run_.
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> A fix-up (or fixup) is a novel created from several short fiction stories that may or may not have been initially related or previously published. The stories may be edited for consistency, and sometimes new connecting material, such as a frame story or other interstitial narration, is written for the new work. I'd just never heard the term before [this article](https://reactormag.com/five-superb-sff-fix-up-novels/) popped up last night. Thought maybe it might be a new thing for some of you, as well!
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The notes are stupid long, so I'm not gonna try to copy paste them here. However, here's an overview: ##### New Frames/Weapons - New frame: Dante (rot C new disruption node or via pity system) - New incarnon weapons: Onos (secondary) and Ruvox (melee: fist) ##### Starchart & Steel Path - New Deimos node: Armatus (Disruption) - Disruption QoL changes: demolisher marker shows up _much_ more easily; red conduit now yellow - Omnia void fissures (can take any tier of relic in) - Steel Path Zariman & Cavia bounties - Steel Path incursion expansion: Zariman and Albrecht’s Laboratories now get their own 6th daily incursion ##### Albrecht's Laboratories tileset - New enemy: Gruzzling, drops lanthorns, echo vocas, common melee arcanes, and are an additional source of conduit activators on Armatus - Tileset expansion; includes new somachord tones - Netracell drop table changes (removed all the non-legendary melee arcanes & adjusted drop rates of remaining items) - Some enemy adjustments, including Rogue Bonewidows (which also applies to iso vaults) ##### Sanctum Anatomica - “Research Dante” store (Loid), which also includes riven transmuters and a new Simulacrum that lets you bump enemies an extra 25 levels - Weekly archon shard offering moved to Sanctum Anatomica (Bird3), no longer on Chipper - You can hug Fish, Bird, and Emo now. ##### Duviri Improvements - Top QoL changes: circuit progress now saves between rounds (!); you can leave the undercroft waiting area as long as the timer hasn't started - Circuit Assassination: Corrupted Jackal changes (nerf) ##### Cosmetics & Customization - Styanax Tonatiuh collection - Tennogen Unbound (6 things, including Sevagoth and Gyre skins) - New market bundles: Dante, Inaros cosmetics, voidshells (Banshee, Loki, Nekros), community glyphs, anniversary glyphs - Redliner emote - Customization for frames with invisibility abilities (under attachments > auxiliary attachments), lets you choose between classic transparent and just kind of an energy glow - Haztech & Smelter suits can now be worn by drifter ##### Frame Reworks & Changes - Inaros rework - Mirage Eclipse & Prism changes (no longer reliant on light) - Gara passive change (no longer reliant on light) - Nourish Helminth change (nerf) - Loki ability changes (decoy now scales; switch teleport no longer roots, and also gives a speed boost) - Yareli ability changes (no longer rooted when casting aquablades/riptide) ##### Upgrades - Archon shard expansion: Ascent Fusion (combine 3 of the same shard into a tauforged) - New warframe augment mods for Baruuk, Chroma, Citrine, Kullervo, Lavos, Loki, Nezha, Nidus, Styanax, Excal Umbra, and Yareli ::: spoiler **Click for augment list** - **Elusive Retribution** (Baruuk - Elude): Every attack Baruuk Eludes increases his Melee Attack Speed and Melee Critical Damage by 5% up to 6 stacks. Stacks last 6s. (Hexis/Loca) - **Guardian Armor** (Chroma - Vex Armor): Chroma's Health takes 50% of damage dealt to allies within Affinity Range. Squad kills restore 5% of his Health over 3s and increases Vex Armor duration by 1s. (Suda/Perrin) - **Recrystalize** (Citrine - Crystallize): Enemies killed by crystalline growths stagger and spread the crystals to enemies within 16m. (Red Veil/Steel Merid) - **Wrath of Ukko** (Kullervo - Storm of Ukko): Wrathful Advance moves the storm of daggers to the teleportation location and increases its duration by 6s. (Loca/Steel Merid) - **Valence Formation** (Lavos - Passive): Upon Ability cast, applies the Ability Element as 200% Elemental Damage to your weapons with guaranteed Status for 20s. (Loka/Red Veil) - **Damage Decoy** (Loki - Decoy): Decoy can be cast on enemies. Enemies who attack that decoy receive 5 random Status Effects, and the reflected damage is increased by 350%. (Hexis/Red Veil) - **Divine Retribution** (Nezha - Divine Spears): When a speared enemy suffers from a Status Effect, the Status Effect spreads to all speared enemies. Spear explosions apply 1.5x Status Damage. (Suda/Steel Merid) - **Parasitic Vitality** (Nidus - Parasitic Link): Nidus and any ally he's bound to gain 4% Max Health per Mutation during Parasitic Link. (Steel Merid/Perrin) - **Axios Javelineers** (Styanax - Axios Javelin): A pair of Styanax Specters spawn to throw javelins, creating vortexes on impact. Impale an enemy to increase vortex duration by 5s. (Hexis/Loka) - **Warrior’s Rest** (Excalibur Umbra - Passive): Umbra's Ability Strength increases by 15% but he no longer fights independently alongside his Operator. (Hexis/Red Veil) - **Loyal Merulina** (Yareli - Merulina): You no longer ride Merulina. Instead, she follows her and casts Sea Snare on nearby enemies. 2s cooldown. (Suda/Loka) ::: ##### New Player Path Improvements - Cephalon Simaris introduction improved - Mote Amp acquisition improved - Junction changes - Inbox messages more correctly mastery-rank locked - Railjack market bundle changes (removed some bundles, and added a new, better one for less plat; differences in plat will be refunded) - Quest changes (including reducing quest item build times to 10 sec) ##### Melee Attack Changes - Melee ground slam attack changes: only radial damage (max 50% falloff at edge), scales with mods - Melee finisher improvements (new vfx, more enemies can be finishered) - Auto-melee fixes (no longer will I get stuck perma-meleeing in circuit... probably) ##### UI QoL changes - New UI sorting categories for arcanes, captura, and orbiter deco - New fast travel menus for orbiter, relays, & dojo (same as gear button) (includes Baro!) - Upgrade screen changes (some nice little tweaks) - Warframe, weapon, And railjack stat UI rework (honestly it seems mostly the same in practice, but you can now see some extra handy stats if you've equipped mods that affect them) - Incarnon reticle improvements ##### Visual Updates - GI Volume Lighting updates (now applies to orbiter and some other places, as well as transparent parts on frames) - Kubrow fur updates ##### Other Additions, Changes, Fixes, etc. Some highlights: - Sticky corners begone! - Applicable ammo pickups will charge tome alt-fire, instead of being useless for that weapon class - No more being locked out of companion pets when incubating; also imprint QoL#
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Two nice little late night ambient-ish tracks.
> Defend the Leverian from the avaricious clutches of Parvos Granum and the Corpus! Drusus, curator and caretaker of the Leverian, requests your help to get out from under Parvos’s gilded thumb. It falls to you to track down his assistant and chief chronicler, the Warframe Dante. Master Dante’s Abilities as you take on new Missions like Murmur focused Disruption and greater challenges than ever before. > > Dante Unbound launches on all platforms on March 27! ([They're also pausing hotfixes til then.](https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1387471-psa-hotfixing-paused-until-dante-unbound/))