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The cycle of the day... (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  1. Get bored.
  2. Open Reddit.
  3. Remember I'm not using reddit today.
  4. Open Lemmy.
  5. Go do something else.
  6. Go to number 1.
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ve found refuge in my kindle. I break the cycle by forcing myself to read books (trashy sci-fi novels mostly) But I DO want something to keep abreast of what’s going on further from my brain, and Lemmy has almost enough content to get a relatively neutral feed of information. Won’t take much to cross the watershed for me…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love trashy sci-fi! Any recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

All of CJ Cherryh's stuff, Ghoster (Lee McKee), The heechee saga, all the old (60's through now) scifi short story anthologies, the Star of the guardians trilogy. I used to trawl used book stores (when that was a thing) with a backpack full of trade ins . Used the anthologies to find authors, etc etc. Something for something, What about you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I probably don’t have much to share that you haven’t read already. I used to love some of the older stuff like Heinlein, the Riverworld series, Xanth novels, Robert Asprin, but I find (for me personally) a lot of that style/era just doesn’t hold up over time. Most of the newer sci-fi that I read feels like it takes itself way too seriously, which has its place but I’m not always in the mood for that. I have really enjoyed the Bobiverse audiobooks though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Robert Asprin is a new one for me, I'll have to look around, thanks!

[–] gmatkins 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Faded Sun trilogy from CJ Cherryh was extremely influential on me as a young reader. I still try to revisit it every few years.

It's like Dune but without going completely off the rails after a book and a half.