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Friday Fun Thread for September 1, 2023

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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I forgot how god damn fun the series Cradle by Will Wight is. Something about the cultivation/progression fantasy genre just really speaks to me, inspires me in a way other fiction doesn't do often enough.

On the non-fiction side it's rarer to find a fun book, but I remember really liking Moonwalking with Einstein, where a journalist learns to become a memory champ.

What are some of the most fun things you've read, fiction or non fiction?

I had to look up what the cultivation/progression fantasy genre is. Don't think I've read much of it, if ever. But I like the idea of it! I see that it's someone's tied into Buddhist philosophy? Do you know of any good books in this genre where Buddhism and awakening is central? I've already read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.

Maybe some of the Chinese works are tied to Buddhism because cultivation is basically a Chinese genre, but it’s really just “junk food” books that are about really bad ass protagonists getting super powers and fighting and getting more super powers. I enjoy the genre but I wouldn’t recommend it someone who wants more stuff like Siddhartha lol

Closer to Dragonball Z in book form than to Hesse, got it. :P

Exactly