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[leastdramatic]

Anyone got any recommended readings? What're your favorite books and can they be found at the bookstore?

[Indeed if one were to try to seek out Jason, he can be found at Dhaliwal-to-wall Books with a stack of books and making himself comfortable in one of the reading chairs]

Comments

[leastdramatic]

Standalones are fine. Less commitment needed compared to a full series

Good choice btw. Jules Vernes's stuff are classics. Why that one for you?

[mostdangerousbird]

It was always going to be sci-fi or fantasy. I think genre-defining sort of bumps anything up the rankings. Like you can’t outrank Shelley on horror, Vernes on sci-fi, or Tolkien on high fantasy.

Besides, I figured you weren’t looking for niche pulp fiction, like Daybreak 2250 A.D.

[leastdramatic]

Of course you'd be a big enough nerd to reference that

[And he's a big enough nerd to get the reference but still]

Not in the mood for anything with Philip Marlowe either

[mostdangerousbird]

You expected me to reference something more “normal” like Ordinary People?

Philip Marlowe is a terrible detective. If you’re going to slum it in early 20th century detective stories, at least have some self respect and read a Poirot novel.

[leastdramatic]

Never.

And agreed. Now that’s a much classier detective. Something about those stories are more engaging too

[mostdangerousbird]

Yeah, it's called Agatha Christie had a sense of humor. Grim, hard-boiled detective is overdone.

Thank you for not making a case for Sherlock Holmes.

[leastdramatic]

Eh. I respect for what Conan Doyle did for the genre but there are better fictional detectives. Poirot would be up there

[mostdangerousbird]

Also Moriarty's creepy.

[leastdramatic]

Exactly. Archenemies are always creepy when you think about it. No one should hit that level of obsession

[definecat]

Does this mean you have an appreciation for the cultivation of vegetable marrows?

[mostdangerousbird]

Not more than other vegetable? Squash is just sort of there.