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author | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-08-31 22:29:58 +0200 |
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committer | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2024-08-31 22:29:58 +0200 |
commit | b111ae3706feea7a2d3fa79805240d2b469117e5 (patch) | |
tree | 779bc82575287774699db18b903eec61dae271a8 | |
parent | 10a92aee3cc80719bec97bff76ea4e0d3c6ee3c6 (diff) |
feat(br): guns of avalon
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interlace_images: @dir_path="./public"; \ for file in $$(find "$$dir_path" -type f -name "*.jpg" -mtime -1); do \ convert $$file -interlace plane $$file; \ - done; \ + done; clean: rm -r public deploy: build interlace_images compress upload diff --git a/assets/brain-rot/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg b/assets/brain-rot/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..372ddf6 --- /dev/null +++ b/assets/brain-rot/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.org b/content-org/brain-rot.org index fec38ff..9b749db 100644 --- a/content-org/brain-rot.org +++ b/content-org/brain-rot.org @@ -2869,8 +2869,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-08-31 Sat 21:47] :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3 :END: - - But in the dark days o 1990, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman decided to co-write a book - /Good Omens/, which itself will be a parody of the /Omen/ horror movie. It was quite the popular movie back then, but nowadays, it may be a bit forgotten. @@ -2916,7 +2914,7 @@ Pratchett is a master of the word and characters, but his stories he tell are r I didn't find what is told here much interesting, I was not curious how they will stop the apocalypse. Nothing unexpected happened. If it was 2/3 of the current size, if some of the crust was removed, it would be a better book, as the general idea is very cool. -But even in current state, it's very enjoyable and well worth the read /if/ you love Pratchett's style. +But even in current state, it's very enjoyable and well worth the read /if/ you love Pratchetts style. ** Modern Games :PROPERTIES: @@ -3422,31 +3420,46 @@ If anything, it's /Magnum P.I./ of the genre. -*** TODO Guns of Avalon (Roger Zelazny, 1972) +*** DONE Guns of Avalon (Roger Zelazny, 1972) +CLOSED: [2024-08-31 Sat 22:25] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: guns-of-avalon-1971 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My short revoew +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg +:END: The fastest fantasy in the wild west continues where we left off. -Corwin espaped his prison, and armed with newly regrown eyes, he is ready for his revange. +Corwin escaped his prison, and armed with newly regrown eyes, is ready for his revenge. /Chronicles of Amber/ are like nothing I've ever read. Mostly because I've never been into fantasy, but still. At no point of /Guns of Avalon/ nor of /Nine Princes in Amber/ have I felt that I'm reading a published book. -It's rather what I would imagine as a synopsis of the book. +It's rather what I would imagine as a synopsis of the book that one sends to an agent would look like. -Characters? Screw them, they ony serve a purpose. +#+attr_shortcode: 4 "guns-of-avalon.jpg" +#+begin_rating +Cover +#+end_rating + +Characters? Screw them, they only serve a purpose. The world? Screw it, let's create it as we go. Magic system? I am sure not even Zelazny has any idea how it works at this point. -But at the same time I can't stop reading it. +But at the same time, I can't stop reading it. From outside, those two books I've finished sound like pulp. +I should hate it. But there is so much going on, and those things happen fast. -Corwin's goal this time is to buy carabins from Royal Air Force and retake Amber. +Corwin's goal this time is to buy carbines from the Royal Air Force and retake Amber. Yup - this magical being, from an eternal family, who is able to travel between dimensions[fn:shadows], whose eyes just regrown, is planning to retake a magical land using firearms. And somehow it all makes sense. -/Guns/ serve as direct continuation of the first book, but the ending paints a different route the series seems to be heading. +/Guns/ serve as a direct continuation of the first book, but the ending paints a different route the series seems to be heading. I am very much invested and I interested what's going to happen. I should hate this book, but I love it. Zelazny, you were a strange writer indeed. +This series like a creation of some D&D infused teen, and yet I can't put it away. [fn:shadows] or whatever Shadows are + diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ac4524 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ ++++ +title = "Guns of Avalon (Roger Zelazny, 1972)" +author = ["MichaĆ Sapka"] +date = 2024-08-31T22:25:00+02:00 +categories = ["brainrot"] +draft = false +weight = 3002 +image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My short revoew" +rating = 4 +image = "brain-rot/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg" +[menu] + [menu.brain-rot-fantasy-amber] + weight = 3002 + identifier = "guns-of-avalon-roger-zelazny-1972" ++++ + +The fastest fantasy in the wild west continues where we left off. +Corwin escaped his prison, and armed with newly regrown eyes, is ready for his revenge. + +_Chronicles of Amber_ are like nothing I've ever read. +Mostly because I've never been into fantasy, but still. +At no point of _Guns of Avalon_ nor of _Nine Princes in Amber_ have I felt that I'm reading a published book. +It's rather what I would imagine as a synopsis of the book that one sends to an agent would look like. + +{{< rating 4 "guns-of-avalon.jpg" >}} +Cover +{{< /rating >}} + +Characters? Screw them, they only serve a purpose. +The world? Screw it, let's create it as we go. +Magic system? I am sure not even Zelazny has any idea how it works at this point. + +But at the same time, I can't stop reading it. +From outside, those two books I've finished sound like pulp. +I should hate it. +But there is so much going on, and those things happen fast. + +Corwin's goal this time is to buy carbines from the Royal Air Force and retake Amber. +Yup - this magical being, from an eternal family, who is able to travel between dimensions[^fn:1], whose eyes just regrown, is planning to retake a magical land using firearms. +And somehow it all makes sense. + +_Guns_ serve as a direct continuation of the first book, but the ending paints a different route the series seems to be heading. +I am very much invested and I interested what's going to happen. +I should hate this book, but I love it. + +Zelazny, you were a strange writer indeed. +This series like a creation of some D&D infused teen, and yet I can't put it away. + +[^fn:1]: or whatever Shadows are diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990.md index 7bd7811..ca1dab8 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990.md @@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ Pratchett is a master of the word and characters, but his stories he tell are r I didn't find what is told here much interesting, I was not curious how they will stop the apocalypse. Nothing unexpected happened. If it was 2/3 of the current size, if some of the crust was removed, it would be a better book, as the general idea is very cool. -But even in current state, it's very enjoyable and well worth the read _if_ you love Pratchett's style. +But even in current state, it's very enjoyable and well worth the read _if_ you love Pratchetts style. |