I recently listened to a “tech” podcast host drone on for 45 minutes about the “Elon vs Zuck” cage match and this piece perfectly captures the frothing, screaming stream-of-conciousness in my brain at the thought of seeing another discussion about Twitter vs Threads/Insta/Face/burning-sh*itpile. I felt some small amount of catharsis just from reading.

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    1 year ago

    Love Catherynne M. Valente, amazing author. Check out her work if you haven’t already; I’m partial to her collection of short stories, The Melancholy of Mechagirl

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      I just recently found her Substack and devoured most of the public posts. I haven’t gotten any of her books yet, but she’s on my list the next time I go into a bookstore. Are there any of her other works that you’d recommend?

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        1 year ago

        I’m a sucker for short story compilations so I would also highly recommend The Future Is Blue.

        I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet, but Space Opera is also sitting on my shelf collecting dust. I’ve heard it described as “Eurovision in space”