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Year in review (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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What have you read/watched/played/created/listened to this year?

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[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

I read the following books:

  • Neuromancer (Gibson)
  • Consider Phlebas (M Banks)
  • The Player of Games (M Banks)
  • The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Benjamin) (reread)
  • The Wizard of the Kremlin (Da Empoli) (in French)
  • You don't hate Mondays, you hate domination in the workplace (Framont) (in French)
  • Franchise (Asimov)
  • Use of Weapons (M Banks)
  • Call for vigilance: facing the far right (Plenel) (in French)
  • The State of the Art (M Banks)
[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 8 points 4 days ago

And then I played a bunch of games, too many actually, but here's what Steam said about me

[–] RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like Banks. I have read Player of Games and Use of Weapons. I would have read more but the lines on Libby were months long. But now I am just acquiring them elsewhere so I intend to read more of his books.

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago

Hope you read it in a comfortable chair

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

I wish Banks could have written even more, I loved all the Culture books so much.