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My hobbies include:
Books, but when I mention how much I love science fiction, people’s eyes glaze over and they stop listening, even when I try engage discussion by asking what they like to read.
Spiders and insects, but when I mention how much I love spiders, folks have to tell me the story of that time they squished a spider because they were scared of a tiny little critter who is more afraid of them and unable to actually do any damage.
But I’m the weirdo.
What kind of science fiction? What are you reading right now? Who's your favourite author? What's your address?
Yes these are replies we need. What books do you read, name them, I am starved for good sci-fi.
Sharing my 2025 reading list for the curious (plenty of scifi)
Oh shoot, I'd misremembered Charles Sheffield's Heritage series as being by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven. Huge impossible megastructures in space left behind by unknowable beings who may just have had a goofy sense of humor.
Higher Education and the rest of that series hit me at just the right age.
As a gal who grew up on TNG and DS9 episodes, I absolutely love space ships! Anything with a good galaxy spanning adventure is high on my list to read. I’ve been reading some old Star Trek novels that are always fun times.
Lately I’ve been enjoying scifi romance novels. The local romance bookstore separates scifi/fantasy romance from the contemporary stuff making it easier to find.
Currently reading Chaos Vector 2nd book of The Protectorate trilogy by Megan E. O’Keefe. I picked the first one up at the local book crawl a few years ago because the cover looked really cool. I try to read as little as I can about a book before I start it, I even avoid back cover blurbs or at least only skim the first 2-3 sentences. That’s how I picked this one.
Scifi: James SA Corey, John Scalzi, and Jessie Mihalik are my current top 3 authors. I also enjoy some Huxley, Bradbury, Andy Weir
Less scifi, but sometimes adjacentish: Blake Crouch, Kit Rocha, Philip Pullman, Ken Liu
My address is:
123456 Where a Bunch of Cool Spiders Live Court
Big Bug City, ADOGN 00001
Brilliant, thank you! I'm always on the lookout for new SF books and authors. I'll check out your recommendations!
You're talking to the wrong people: I fuckin love sci fi and fantasy books and talk to a ton of other people who do as well. Especially right now with the popularity of PHM and stuff, easy to translate that to other sci fi discussion.
I don't love spiders, but I don't hate them either, and most people like learning cool animal/insect facts, but that's gonna be a little harder of a sell I suppose. Still, you'll find those people too, it just might be a little harder.
Can't stand spiders (beyond like Daddy Long Legs, I don't squish spiders, but also keep them away from me lol) but I feel you, "walking through the woods looking for cool bugs and mushrooms and lizards and shit" usually earns me odd looks until I mention "I also smoke weed there."
Actually that's a big reason I finally bought a camera I'd been eyeing but couldn't justify the cost, so I would look less weird to anyone I tell my hobbies or happen to pass near a trail. I debated on a bear suit (jk lol), settled on a purpose that is seen as "normal" instead. More expensive but what can ya do I don't wanna look creepy or deal with judgement from people who only "phone" and think lizards are weird. Good cover for the cops too, since my usual cover is illegal still.
Wish I'd gotten one years ago though, the phone robbed me of any will to take photos and somehow getting the camera brought it back, maybe it's just nostalgia from the advent of Digital Photography but whatever it is I'm glad I found it again.
Walking through the woods is awesome, just phrase it that you love nature and the outdoors, boom done. I love hiking, and not in small part because of the cool shit you find and to smoke weed out in nature.
Does it count as hiking without significant elevation? I always thought that was a defining factor but that would simplify things, until I meet a real hiker lmao then I'd be outclassed I'm sure. We've got hills but overall it's fairly flat around here, it's not like Colorado lol! Not that I'd be opposed to real hiking (I'd love to) it's just not feasible to do regularly for me.
But yeah I do phrase it as liking nature, but that only "works" when you meet others who do too, for people who just Playstation all day it's still "weird." Meanwhile I totally understand gaming even if I don't do it much anymore, rude! Lol, throwing a camera in the mix makes even those people "get" it so far ime.
Sure! I've been on hikes with little elevation change, if it's not on a paved pathway it's hiking in my book! Now, the best hikes definitely have some elevation bc those views make everything worth it (for me at least), but that's not every hike. Sometimes you just need to be out in the trees.
And dawg, those are the weirdos. We're meant to be out in nature, not cooped up inside all the time. I love gaming too, but it can't be all you do especially when the sun is shining.
Shit, I'm a hiker and didn't even know it! I can work with that lol. Sometimes there is a paved path at the location though, but you have to go off the path to see anything cool.
Tbh I can understand the gamers too, it is fun to do and with the online factor it can be social, more so than the woods ime tbh. Some games are basically a book you can play, like Morrowind. I think it'd probably be good for them to get out yeah but I'm not gonna judge them too hard, and that's all I ask in return.
Still glad I got the camera though, not just because it helps cut the awkwardness but also it is just fun taking pics of cool shit and cute cats, the "not being judged" part is just a bonus really.
I love that you got a camera to cover your weed smoking nature hikes. I was gifted a gadget that attaches to my phone recently, it came with a macro lens so I’ve been using that to take more big pictures. I was considering getting a camera with macro lens before I received that, but I may still get one. What camera do you have?
I love stoned walks and I also do those as frequently as I can. What is your favorite thing you like to take pictures of?
Try telling people you're into books, but you prefer non-fiction. I always get the response, "What, like, biographies?"
No, I mean books about psychology, Earth science, art, history, or any of the many other books I can learn from. It's wild how many people seem to forget such books even exist.
Though I will read a good biography. I'm currently reading Fortunate Son, an autobiography by John Fogerty. But biographies are far from the only non-fiction books out there.
I know exactly what you are talking about. I don’t read a lot of nonfiction but if I mention that I read in general, biographies are usually the first thing people ask about.
I’m going to sound like I’m hating on biographies, but I’m absolutely not. Many biographies have great importance. But…I feel like a lot of people read biographies because they are a form of gossip and people like gossip. In my experience, people who only read biographies also read celebrity gossip.
Do you have any earth science recommendations for someone who enjoys science in general? I’ve always liked biology and all of its disciplines.