#DecRec The movie adaptation of #Hogfather by #TerryPratchett is Excellent, very true to the book and therefore LONG, with a built in intermission on DVD. It’s on Amazon with ads I’m told.
It’s about belief and the meaning of Hogswatch, a holiday bearing a remarkable resemblance to your Christmas. I hear Jewish households don’t get as much out of it, but if you’re merely culturally surrounded by christianity with no strong counter force, I recommend it strongly!

Easy’s neighborhood is full of people who know him, who know each other. Calling greetings, watching out for each other, and for each other’s trees. (Watch it and you’ll understand. 😭) It’s a fully imagined, lovingly known, and gorgeously lit and filmed world.

Don Cheadle is also a hilarious gem, as a very good friend to have, but preferably at a long distance!

“Devil in a Blue Dress” is a smart, pitch-perfect #noir! That’s my #DecRec for today!

#film #movie

Today, I recommend

The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet by Michael E. Mann

Non-fiction, book describes the change in tactic of the fossil fuel industry. Plus gives some tips how to combat those new tactics. It gave me hope to continue fighting for better future.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53441709-the-new-climate-war

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Recently I read
The Power of Neuroplasticity by Shad Helmstetter

And made myself a little recording of positive statements to listen during the drive. It has some effect, my mood is overall better.
So today another #DecRec

Recently I read
The Power of Neuroplasticity by Shad Helmstetter

And made myself a little recording of positive statements to listen during the commute. It has some effect, my mood is overall better.
So today another #DecRec #Books

Today I would recommend
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

I have PTSD, and this book basically describes the condition. I know it is scifi and supposed to be time travel, but to me, it is essence of condition.
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Today I'm recommending
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

A Scifi serial with protagonist from minority. I know the main character doesn't represents me, but it was such a relief to read a book with non-white female protagonist.
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Today, I recommend
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

This is non-fiction, full of the lovely tips to improve one's own thinking and approach to these turbulent times.
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Today I would recommend Machinehood by S.B. Divya

This is a scifi book that talks about very possible future, very nicely written.
I have to say that lately I found works of diverse authors to be more interesting, easier read and more realistic.
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Today I will recommend
The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov
It is story about robot who had to die to be accepted by humans. It resonated with me because some humans face that every day. They can be accepted by some only as a memory or abstraction, not in reality.
BTW. Be careful when you read Asimov, he wrote those stories long time ago and it shows.
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Today I recommend
Contact by Carl Sagan.

Scifi oldy but goody!

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Today I will recommend a book from my country of origin by writer who won a Nobel prize.

Na Drini cuprija by Ivo Andric

It is a story about the bridge through the history told through the lives of the people that bridge touched.
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For today's recommendation, another oldie.
Eaters of the Dead -- Michael Crichton.
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Today, I will recommend Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. original title = the Fear of Freedom.
This one is quite timely book. It discussed why some people prefer autocracy over democracy.
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Today’s #DecRec is a great, sprawling #book of eco/anthro/myco/logy creative nonfiction — with some economics and food writing thrown in! It’s hard to describe, but that MIGHT mean it’s a great fit for someone hard to buy a gift for? ;)

_The Mushroom at the End of the World_ (what a title!) by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing is about matsutake mushrooms, a treasured culinary treat and symbol of Autumn in Japan that grows throughout the Northern Hemisphere in *disturbed* forests. (1/3)

Today, I am taking a towel with me and recommend

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

There is not much left to say, this is quite popular book. And if you don't know about it, shame on you!
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I missed yesterday -- it was my no-social-media-day, so again two books.
1. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond -- very plausible and logical explanation about the historical inequalities among different human groups.
2.Grendel by John Gardner -- Beowulf myth told from the POV of the monster. Fascinating twist.
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#DecRec #FicRec is another meta #SherlockHolmes story, where Sherlock and John are college students and ACD did, in fact, publish the sherlock holmes stories.
The story starts with Sherlock incandescent at his brother, who changed his name to Mike, sending him a med student named John Watson as a potential roommate.
History, Repeating Itself by gyzym
https://archiveofourown.org/works/179622
45k words. Complete.

This #DecRec #FicRec is a glorious metafic.
consulting_detective and jumperfucker are paired together for the Sherlock Holmes Big Bang. Coded up to look like legit LJ posts, though recent changes to the site's code might make it a bit wonky.

The Theory of Narrative Causality
https://falling-voices.livejournal.com/18100.html
#SherlockHolmes #johnlock

This #DecRec is an AMAZING essay on Ao3 for #writing #SFF. It's about what would be going on psychologically when your body goes thru dramatic fictional changes. Generally accessible, uses the MCU as the primary point of reference.

Redefining Events: Body Concept and Bodily Relationships for Cyborgs, Werewolves, Super-soldiers, and Other Altered Bodies by Instigator

https://archiveofourown.org/works/967887

Also a YouTube video covering much (not all) of the same material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftJeQ8jRKM&t=1132s