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I do not expect writers to be moral exemplars or even functional human beings with self-awareness and shame. I expect them to produce work of heartstopping beauty in sumptuous prose with philosophical depth. Except what’s left behind on the page, the maladroit is the norm.
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"To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or prose. People don't deserve the moderation we show by not going mad in front of them. To hell with them!" — Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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Jörmungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent, is a giant sea serpent in Norse mythology that encircles the world. According to the Prose Edda, Jörmungandr is the son of Loki and the giantess Angrboða, and he was thrown into the ocean by Odin, where he grew so large that he
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Now that the Mythos system card is out, I need to tell everyone that I'm mildly obsessed with its prose.
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Finished. 😢💀🖤 Easily one of the most haunting and evocative pieces of literature I have ever read. Astounding, hypnotic prose. And the tale is so very devastating.
Finished. 🤔🫤😯 I didn't love the prose. I didn't love the protagonist. There was nothing interesting about this selfish man. I didn't feel sorry for him. I didn't think any of this plot would surprise me. Until it did... I will never forget this ending. 🖤
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not super interested in that Sanderson quote - no one but GRRM should finish ASOIAF (as that's what Martin wants), but it gets under my skin that Sanderson admits to not having read ASOIAF yet calls it pessimistic (it isn't) and insults GRRM's prose when Sanderson's is Like That
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Finished. 🖤 Sombre, dark, and tragic. Each character felt so vividly realized. Wonderful prose. And chocked full of erudite references to the classics. More or less everything I want from a 19th century English realist novel. No notes.
Finished. 😢💀🖤 Easily one of the most haunting and evocative pieces of literature I have ever read. Astounding, hypnotic prose. And the tale is so very devastating.
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I just finished building Prose, a Reddit-inspired blog platform in Go and React. My first build using go as backend open for corrections... GitHub → https://t.co/2n7bBeiHDI project link -> https://t.co/2FM5yBxPCo Here's what's under the hood: 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 (Go + PostgreSQL)
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This is the guy that's calling GRRM's prose "tacky" btw 😹
Brandon Sanderson on why he would not finish George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones even if he was asked: "I wouldn't say yes to finishing ASOIAF, if asked. (And I don't think they'd ask me.) I'd respectfully decline. I wouldn't be right for the job for many reasons. I wouldn't
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I met William Gass in 2002. We chatted about 9/11. At a Q&A later that evening, I asked him a question about plot: “As a writer known for his remarkable prose, plot seems a secondary concern. How do you think about that aspect of fiction?” He yelled at me. 😂😂😂 Now reading:
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Science fiction authors who write good prose: Gregory Benford, Roger Zelzany, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, Alfred Bester, Robert Silverberg, J. G. Ballard, Iain Banks, James Tiptree Jr, Dan Simmons, William Gibson, John Brunner, Samuel R. Delany, Kim Stanley Robinson...
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for the fourth time everrr. 😛
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I totally outskilled you at Disco Elysium dude. Pondered every piece of prose for a couple seconds longer. Chuckled at more political and cultural references. This is what being a pro gamer is all about.
I totally dominated you at the museum dude. Pondered every piece for a couple seconds longer. Scratched my chin with more curiosity.
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I’m currently reading a prize-winning non-fiction book. It contains an early, crucial scene that takes place at a road-accident but the flow of prose keeps being broken because one of the people involved is referred to as they/them. The reading eye keeps tripping up 1/3
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Grok 4.2 is already a huge leap over 4.1 even in single agent mode (via API). The speed of inference is much faster in 4.2, which I believe is key to AI (think of it as FPS in games. 60fps superior). While being much faster, it also generates prose at a MUCH higher quality and
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I want to see: -Todo in his daily training doing weird stuff -Stsg missions. But probably got censored since they are freaks -Nobara going shopping -Mai having issues with being a lesbian -Yuji teaching Fushiguro to cook -Sukuna’s childhood -Nanami’s and Haibara’s last mission
I really wish JJK was longer dude. It feels like Gege didn’t give the characters any room to breathe. It honestly feels like we barely know some of these guys.
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Ocean Vuong doesn't write "poetic prose." He writes confused prose which needs serious editing. His metaphors evince nothing.
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