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The Missing Link
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Hi, I’m an ND sci fi/fantasy writer working on my debut novel

I like to talk about books, games, history, and whatever’s interesting at the moment.

Also I’m learning Japanese, so これを読めばこんにちはを言ってくれませんか
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Getting so close to the end of the Rincewind books. Australia time

#booksky
Cover of The Last Continent: a Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Now there’s that Pratchett insight. I’ve been missing it in the Rincewind books

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string . .. ah . ah . . . accountant. Have you ever killed anyone?" "Not outright. But I've always thought you can do considerable damage with a well-placed Final Demand." Mr. Saveloy beamed. "Ah, yes," he said. "Civilization." - Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Hopefully this was a good decision…

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Library page showing War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ready to borrow
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Oh there’s the Terry Pratchett I know. May we all live to see boring times again

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“They say it’s very boring there. Their biggest curse is ‘May you live in interesting times,’ apparently.” - Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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I’m now starting Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. I’ve heard good things about this one

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Cover of Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Merry Christmas. I got peak Discworld this year
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
December 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Started Monstrous Regiment. It’s really nice to have Vimes back, even for just one book. I’ll be going through more standalones to break up the Wizards books. Waiting on Pyramids and Small Gods from the library

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Cover of Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
December 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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The Discworld’s coming fast recently, moving on to Eric. It’s more Rincewind, but at least it’s short. Next one will probably be Pyramids

#booksky
Cover of Eric by Terry Pratchett
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Bought a book while Christmas shopping

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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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It’s Discworld time again!

I hope Rincewind gets more interesting this book than he was in the last two. I’m not expecting Vimes level writing, but…

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Cover of Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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So that’s $15, hopefully good decisions. Both of these were recommended by friends, so hopefully my friends have good taste

#gaming
Nintendo switch home screen downloading AI The Somnium Files and Shantae the Pirate’s Curse
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Wrote a bit for the freelance assassin in my cyberpunk story

#writingcommunity #writingsnips
Natalia had always hated the phrase 'the arc of history trends towards justice.' All she ever saw history trend to was more history. Justice was an afterthought if anything at all. No, justice was something you had to grip the knife and carve yourself. By the time history deigned to get around to it, the bastards would be long gone, just for new ones to take their place. Justice wasn't waiting for all the cash to drain away while they grew fat on it, sitting in an alley eating synthetic noodles while they drank the night away at palaces in the sky. Justice was the cold iron she stared down the sights of, no matter what history might say.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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So it’s been a bit since I finished The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, but this bit won’t leave my head

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“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth,the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-like, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is wrath. In the soul of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage” - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
October 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Quote with 2 female video game characters you like

Well damn, guess I can’t choose Zelda… so
Beatrix from Final Fantasy 9
October 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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I think this is the closest I have to a celebrity picture, so uhh… not great
The you’re trying to kidnap what I’ve rightfully stolen meme from the princess bride
August 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Time to thud into some more Discworld

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Thud! by Terry Pratchett
July 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Oh wow, Discworld again being real and relevant

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The guard, three feet away, lit a cigarette with no consideration for other people. - Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
July 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Night Watch is feeling like a very timely read. It’s really good so far.

#booksky
Coppers liked to say that people shouldn't take the law into their own hands, and they thought they knew what they meant. But they were thinking about peaceful times, and men who went around to sort out a neighbor with a club because his dog had crapped once too often on their doorstep. But at times like these, who did the law belong to? If it shouldn't be in the hands of the people, where the hell should it be? People who knew better? Then you got Winder and his pals, and how good was that? - Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
July 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Finally following the trend. This title screen song is great

#gaming #gamesky
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 title screen
July 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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So this was a bit uncanny to read in Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

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These were not good times. Everyone knew Lord Winded was insane. And then some kid who was equally mad had tried to knock him off and would have done too, if the man hadn’t moved at the wrong moment.
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Definitely the best ones. An interesting thing I ran into on vacation made me like North Carolina too. Seeing it all around the water had me thinking how naval it was, and that was cool and a great change from their old confederate one
North Carolina flag
July 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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With very good timing, the library has now delivered The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence. The previous book is still fresh in my mind, and those multi month wait lists coming down so close together is really something

I’m excited

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The Book That Broke The World By Mark Lawrence
July 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Library says it’s time for more Discworld. Hopefully this hits the same highs as Fifth Elephant, though it will be a bit sad to say goodbye to the Watch in 3 books

#booksky
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Ready to borrow
July 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Really fun when you run into silly nonsense in video games. According to Final Fantasy 4 The After Years, this is a crossbow

#gaming
Low poly female ninja character drawing a standard bow
June 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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I don’t think I need to explain why this is incredibly damaging to public knowledge and the field of history or how closely it parallels authoritarian regimes throughout history. Public access to information is the core of a functional democracy. Fucking fascists…

www.archives.gov/college-park
From the National Archives website: Restricted-Access Federal Facility, Effective July 7, 2025 Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated.
June 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM