2026-09-21 09:05 UTC
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@stufromoz@aus.social 2026-09-21 10:59
@futzle@old.mermaid.town also, I think the one I tried reading and hated as an adult the most was Anathem by Neal Stephenson. I remember struggling for a long time with it before I gave up and I was still waiting for it to become interesting (Says the guy who read LOTR and Billy Bathgate in high school, despite the verbosity)
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@noodle@aus.social 2026-09-21 09:08
@futzle@old.mermaid.town I've already answered, but do textbooks count?
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@PetraOleum@cloudisland.nz 2026-09-21 09:10
@futzle@old.mermaid.town not sure exactly how you'd count it, but I recall getting most of the way through volume 3 of war and peace before ditching it
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@nosaj@aus.social 2026-09-21 09:11
@abstractcode@eigenmagic.net @futzle@old.mermaid.town I got most of the way through the two towers before I gave up.
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@static@aus.social 2026-09-21 09:20
@futzle@old.mermaid.town I couldn't finish the first chapter of "A Game Of Thrones". I found GRRM's writing just execrable.
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@dropbear@aus.social 2026-09-21 09:22
@futzle@old.mermaid.town Shantaram which I was given as a gift by a friend who really loved it and thought it was special. I actively disliked it but I really tried….for hundreds and hundreds of pages I tried
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@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social 2026-09-21 09:22
@futzle@old.mermaid.town I was young and stupid, ok?