You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Matilda by Roald Dahl, for sure. Still one of my favorite books as an adult, honestly.
The Wayside School books by Louis Sachar. Major influence on my sense of humor.
Probably others but those were the ones I'd cite as major influences.
The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear has a transgender queen/priestess who is a fucking awesome mother to a young toddler in addition to being a clever ruler
Heyo! If anyone is interested in joining a small, close-knit Discord server about science fiction and fantasy novels, pester me. It's currently about ten people and we all chatter quite a lot; it's very active for the small user group.
Just gonna mention this again. It's a bit larger now, more like 40ish, but a good group of folks.
Also by the way holy shit This is How You Lose the Time War is an amazing book about time traveling secret agent lesbians on opposites sides of the titular time war writing gorgeously poetic letters to each other and falling in love
i read iraq + 100 recently which is a collection of science fiction short stories by iraqi writers imagining iraq 100 years after the us invasion and pretty cool
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
No points for guessing what I misread that title as
i have been on holiday for a week and i read naked lunch again and zone by mathieu enard. i didn’t intend to read those two together, zone and interzone, lol
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Cool.
My favorites growing up were Holes, The Outsiders, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and a few others.
The Wayside School books by Louis Sachar. Major influence on my sense of humor.
Probably others but those were the ones I'd cite as major influences.
I was not ready for the last 25% of that book
What the actual fuck I thought this was a quirky novella about pyramid shaped aliens and some funky little metal egg dudes
Peter Sís' Tibet Through the Red Box immediately springs to mind but honestly a lot of things.
In case that's anyone's thing
i read iraq + 100 recently which is a collection of science fiction short stories by iraqi writers imagining iraq 100 years after the us invasion and pretty cool
I liked this a lot, "trans yuri" from 1998!
now im reading the three body problem