KDS 📖 🎲 🎮
@kdsbooks.bsky.social
Books, Toys, Games
UK
Personal library of SFF/Pulp/Gothic/Weird/Classic Crime/Kaiju
No to AI. No to policing others' reads and recommends. Opinions are my own
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/127259529-kds
https://www.librarything.com/profile/KevDS
UK
Personal library of SFF/Pulp/Gothic/Weird/Classic Crime/Kaiju
No to AI. No to policing others' reads and recommends. Opinions are my own
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/127259529-kds
https://www.librarything.com/profile/KevDS
Succumbed and bought the Die Hard blu ray boxset. I hate film franchise boxsets like Alien, Robocop, Predator, Terminator, Halloween etc, because I only ever want 1-2 films. But, they're always hard to get individually
Die Hard was unusually hard to get on its own, so I shall suffer owning 4 & 5
Die Hard was unusually hard to get on its own, so I shall suffer owning 4 & 5
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Succumbed and bought the Die Hard blu ray boxset. I hate film franchise boxsets like Alien, Robocop, Predator, Terminator, Halloween etc, because I only ever want 1-2 films. But, they're always hard to get individually
Die Hard was unusually hard to get on its own, so I shall suffer owning 4 & 5
Die Hard was unusually hard to get on its own, so I shall suffer owning 4 & 5
Watching the wrestling, but there’s action going on in the toy cabinet as The Rock and Arnie face off, cheered on by the Turtles, Shredder and The Witcher
November 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Watching the wrestling, but there’s action going on in the toy cabinet as The Rock and Arnie face off, cheered on by the Turtles, Shredder and The Witcher
Slipped in two new book orders from @gollancz.bsky.social
The new SF Masterwork - Barefoot in the Head - arrives after a long break for the series. This one celebrates 100 years since the birth of Brian Aldiss
And the new Alastair Reynolds, Halcyon Years
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The new SF Masterwork - Barefoot in the Head - arrives after a long break for the series. This one celebrates 100 years since the birth of Brian Aldiss
And the new Alastair Reynolds, Halcyon Years
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November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Slipped in two new book orders from @gollancz.bsky.social
The new SF Masterwork - Barefoot in the Head - arrives after a long break for the series. This one celebrates 100 years since the birth of Brian Aldiss
And the new Alastair Reynolds, Halcyon Years
🪐📚💙
The new SF Masterwork - Barefoot in the Head - arrives after a long break for the series. This one celebrates 100 years since the birth of Brian Aldiss
And the new Alastair Reynolds, Halcyon Years
🪐📚💙
Getting into another precarious situation, mere minutes after the last one..
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Getting into another precarious situation, mere minutes after the last one..
Now Kay has a machine gun, ho ho ho!
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Now Kay has a machine gun, ho ho ho!
Also grabbed a Tomb Raider collection in the Black Friday sales.
More importantly, my new #evercade cartridges arrived
- Llamasoft Collection
- Rare Collection
The last includes the original Battletoads and Conker games!
More importantly, my new #evercade cartridges arrived
- Llamasoft Collection
- Rare Collection
The last includes the original Battletoads and Conker games!
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Also grabbed a Tomb Raider collection in the Black Friday sales.
More importantly, my new #evercade cartridges arrived
- Llamasoft Collection
- Rare Collection
The last includes the original Battletoads and Conker games!
More importantly, my new #evercade cartridges arrived
- Llamasoft Collection
- Rare Collection
The last includes the original Battletoads and Conker games!
Doing some Black Friday shopping to fill some blu ray gaps
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Doing some Black Friday shopping to fill some blu ray gaps
Book 86: Inland Deep by Richard Tooker (1936)
A fast paced, by-the-numbers, fun pulp lost world story. Deep cave systems, careless dynamite usage, frog men, underground seas, dinosaurs etc; this owes much to Jules Verne’s classic
No story or character depth, but frankly who cares?
#dinovember
A fast paced, by-the-numbers, fun pulp lost world story. Deep cave systems, careless dynamite usage, frog men, underground seas, dinosaurs etc; this owes much to Jules Verne’s classic
No story or character depth, but frankly who cares?
#dinovember
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Book 86: Inland Deep by Richard Tooker (1936)
A fast paced, by-the-numbers, fun pulp lost world story. Deep cave systems, careless dynamite usage, frog men, underground seas, dinosaurs etc; this owes much to Jules Verne’s classic
No story or character depth, but frankly who cares?
#dinovember
A fast paced, by-the-numbers, fun pulp lost world story. Deep cave systems, careless dynamite usage, frog men, underground seas, dinosaurs etc; this owes much to Jules Verne’s classic
No story or character depth, but frankly who cares?
#dinovember
This guy was quite the health sponge, I’m not a fan of that especially with no visible health bars
Decent boss fight otherwise
Decent boss fight otherwise
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This guy was quite the health sponge, I’m not a fan of that especially with no visible health bars
Decent boss fight otherwise
Decent boss fight otherwise
Order of Ecclesia has one of the better combat systems in a Castlevania, but the difficulty spikes and level design are a bit aggravating so far
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Order of Ecclesia has one of the better combat systems in a Castlevania, but the difficulty spikes and level design are a bit aggravating so far
Never one to refuse the chance to fall down a rabbit hole, I found these to add to my ‘further reading’ pile
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November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Never one to refuse the chance to fall down a rabbit hole, I found these to add to my ‘further reading’ pile
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Book 85: The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson (1912), from @blpublishing.bsky.social
Challenge beaten; I got through it!
A foundation of 20thC SF-fantasy-horror, this is astonishing in scope and imagination for its time
Even despite its frustrating, repetitive style, I mostly loved it
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Challenge beaten; I got through it!
A foundation of 20thC SF-fantasy-horror, this is astonishing in scope and imagination for its time
Even despite its frustrating, repetitive style, I mostly loved it
🪐📚💙
🩸📚
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Book 85: The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson (1912), from @blpublishing.bsky.social
Challenge beaten; I got through it!
A foundation of 20thC SF-fantasy-horror, this is astonishing in scope and imagination for its time
Even despite its frustrating, repetitive style, I mostly loved it
🪐📚💙
🩸📚
Challenge beaten; I got through it!
A foundation of 20thC SF-fantasy-horror, this is astonishing in scope and imagination for its time
Even despite its frustrating, repetitive style, I mostly loved it
🪐📚💙
🩸📚
No thanksgiving over here, but, I too am thankful for dinosaurs
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
No thanksgiving over here, but, I too am thankful for dinosaurs
“Don’t tell me what you think! Go out there and do it Rock! Eye of the Tiger!”
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👁️🐅🥊
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Don’t tell me what you think! Go out there and do it Rock! Eye of the Tiger!”
👁️🐅🥊
👁️🐅🥊
“YO ADRIAN, I DID IT!”
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“YO ADRIAN, I DID IT!”
Won my first game of Sabacc!
I swear if any of you mention that the first game is fixed for training purposes, I may have to block you 😂
I swear if any of you mention that the first game is fixed for training purposes, I may have to block you 😂
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Won my first game of Sabacc!
I swear if any of you mention that the first game is fixed for training purposes, I may have to block you 😂
I swear if any of you mention that the first game is fixed for training purposes, I may have to block you 😂
“Control, control, you must learn control!”
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Control, control, you must learn control!”
I doth at this point, in verity, be weary
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I doth at this point, in verity, be weary
“Boring conversation anyway”
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“Boring conversation anyway”
The galaxy-wide health and safety laws continue to be lacking
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The galaxy-wide health and safety laws continue to be lacking
Feels more like Assassin’s Creed than classic Star Wars, but the attention to detail and technical work is astonishing so far
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Feels more like Assassin’s Creed than classic Star Wars, but the attention to detail and technical work is astonishing so far
My Star Wars Outlaws arrived earlier, so starting that tonight as well.
It won’t be proper pulp adventure Star Wars which seems to be long since gone sadly, but hopefully pass as a decent grungy space opera setting
It certainly performs well on the Switch 2
It won’t be proper pulp adventure Star Wars which seems to be long since gone sadly, but hopefully pass as a decent grungy space opera setting
It certainly performs well on the Switch 2
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My Star Wars Outlaws arrived earlier, so starting that tonight as well.
It won’t be proper pulp adventure Star Wars which seems to be long since gone sadly, but hopefully pass as a decent grungy space opera setting
It certainly performs well on the Switch 2
It won’t be proper pulp adventure Star Wars which seems to be long since gone sadly, but hopefully pass as a decent grungy space opera setting
It certainly performs well on the Switch 2
Bit, chewed and swallowed it!
I hear mixed things, but it looked cool from a vid and it’s too good a deal to pass up
I hear mixed things, but it looked cool from a vid and it’s too good a deal to pass up
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bit, chewed and swallowed it!
I hear mixed things, but it looked cool from a vid and it’s too good a deal to pass up
I hear mixed things, but it looked cool from a vid and it’s too good a deal to pass up