feat(br): chronicles of amber

5 files changed, 156 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg b/assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg
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+++ b/assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg
diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.org b/content-org/brain-rot.org
index 8f2d133..dfaad6f 100644
--- a/content-org/brain-rot.org
+++ b/content-org/brain-rot.org
@@ -2628,7 +2628,8 @@ CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 18:10]
 Witcher
 #+end_menu
 
-*** DONE Witcher
+
+*** DONE Witcher (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1990-2018)
 CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 18:10]
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index
@@ -2645,6 +2646,23 @@ CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 18:10]
 Witcher
 #+end_menu
 
+*** DONE Chronicles of Amber (Roger Zelazny, 1970-1991)
+CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 18:10]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :primary_menu "brain-rot"
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract The Chronicles of Amber series
+:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r menu menu-info
+:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber
+:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU_OVERRIDE: :post "series"
+:END:
+
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "brain-rot-fantasy-amber"
+#+begin_menu
+Witcher
+#+end_menu
+
 
 ** Modern Games
 :PROPERTIES:
@@ -3088,3 +3106,61 @@ And he can hold his breath underwater for solid 10 minutes!
 Not bad for a 6 hour game.
 
 
+
+
+** Chronicles of Amber
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/
+:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot-fantasy-amber"
+:END:
+
+*** DONE Nine Princes in Amber (Roger Zelazny, 1970)
+CLOSED: [2024-07-22 Mon 23:21]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: nine-princes-in-amber
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract The fastest fantasy book in the wild west
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg
+:END:
+
+That's one confusing novel.
+
+Corwin wakes up in a hospital in New York with amnesia.
+But the cover of the book has castles and swords![fn:cover]
+Well, as it turns out Corwin is one of nine princes of Amber, the greatest city that has ever been.
+It is medieval-Europe, but it is said to be the greatest, so who am I to argue?
+He will need to get back there and fight for the crown with his siblings.
+
+That's the basic premise.
+What threw me off the guard (except of starting in modern-day NY) is the pace.
+I'm no fantasy know-it-all, but it appears that this genre likes to take it's sweet time.
+Authors describe every tree by every road[fn:tolkien].
+They love to build their worlds, lore, characters.
+Zelazny doesn't care about any of that.
+A huge battle where 20 000 people die? A paragraph seems like a proper length.
+Magic system? Yeah, let's throw a few sentences here and there.
+The main character background, looks and goals? Let's not bother.
+This is a short book (my version had just over 200 pages), but with standard wordiness, it could be a thousand pages long leather-bound brick, that would serve as a nice weapon.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: 4 "nine-princes-in-amber.jpg" 
+#+begin_rating
+Cover
+#+end_rating
+
+This also means that /Nine Princes in Amber/ is extremely shallow.
+There is nothing underneath - just a few awful characters, a few OK, and our Corwin.
+If there is any subtext, I must have missed it.
+And yet, I loved it.
+It's pulp, but it goes /so fast/ that I never got tired of it.
+It went /so fast/ that I had no time to get bored or lost[fn:tolkien].
+Guess that's why /The Chronicles of Amber/ is one of the most popular Fantasy sagas out there.
+It is inoffensive, not challenging in any way, but it's cool.
+It knows it, and doesn't pretend it.
+
+I enjoyed it for what it is.
+It's the greatest mindless fun I've had in ages.
+It's not /hardcore/ fantasy, and this may be why I liked it so much as I did.
+If anything, it's /Magnum P.I./ of the genre.
+
+[fn:cover] or whatever your edition has
+[fn:tolkien] hello Tolkien
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md
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index 0000000..10c1157
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+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
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+title = "Chronicles of Amber (Roger Zelazny, 1970-1991)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-04-14T18:10:00+02:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3003
+primary_menu = "brain-rot"
+abstract = "The Chronicles of Amber series"
+[menu]
+  [menu.brain-rot-fantasy]
+    weight = 3003
+    identifier = "chronicles-of-amber-roger-zelazny-1970-1991"
+    post = "series"
++++
+
+{{< menu "brain-rot-fantasy-amber" >}}
+Witcher
+{{< /menu >}}
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
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+title = "Nine Princes in Amber (Roger Zelazny, 1970)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-07-22T23:21:00+02:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3001
+image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots"
+image_max_width = 765
+abstract = "The fastest fantasy book in the wild west"
+rating = 4
+image = "brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg"
+[menu]
+  [menu.brain-rot-fantasy-amber]
+    weight = 3001
+    identifier = "nine-princes-in-amber-roger-zelazny-1970"
++++
+
+That's one confusing novel.
+
+Corwin wakes up in a hospital in New York with amnesia.
+But the cover of the book has castles and swords![^fn:1]
+Well, as it turns out Corwin is one of nine princes of Amber, the greatest city that has ever been.
+It is medieval-Europe, but it is said to be the greatest, so who am I to argue?
+He will need to get back there and fight for the crown with his siblings.
+
+That's the basic premise.
+What threw me off the guard (except of starting in modern-day NY) is the pace.
+I'm no fantasy know-it-all, but it appears that this genre likes to take it's sweet time.
+Authors describe every tree by every road[^fn:2].
+They love to build their worlds, lore, characters.
+Zelazny doesn't care about any of that.
+A huge battle where 20 000 people die? A paragraph seems like a proper length.
+Magic system? Yeah, let's throw a few sentences here and there.
+The main character background, looks and goals? Let's not bother.
+This is a short book (my version had just over 200 pages), but with standard wordiness, it could be a thousand pages long leather-bound brick, that would serve as a nice weapon.
+
+{{< rating 4 "nine-princes-in-amber.jpg" >}}
+Cover
+{{< /rating >}}
+
+This also means that _Nine Princes in Amber_ is extremely shallow.
+There is nothing underneath - just a few awful characters, a few OK, and our Corwin.
+If there is any subtext, I must have missed it.
+And yet, I loved it.
+It's pulp, but it goes _so fast_ that I never got tired of it.
+It went _so fast_ that I had no time to get bored or lost[^fn:2].
+Guess that's why _The Chronicles of Amber_ is one of the most popular Fantasy sagas out there.
+It is inoffensive, not challenging in any way, but it's cool.
+It knows it, and doesn't pretend it.
+
+I enjoyed it for what it is.
+It's the greatest mindless fun I've had in ages.
+It's not _hardcore_ fantasy, and this may be why I liked it so much as I did.
+If anything, it's _Magnum P.I._ of the genre.
+
+[^fn:1]: or whatever your edition has
+[^fn:2]: hello Tolkien
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md
index b5666d0..0045f20 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "Witcher"
+title = "Witcher (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1990-2018)"
 author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-04-14T18:10:00+02:00
 categories = ["brainrot"]
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ abstract = "The Witcher series"
 [menu]
   [menu.brain-rot-fantasy]
     weight = 3002
-    identifier = "witcher"
+    identifier = "witcher-andrzej-sapkowski-1990-2018"
     post = "series"
 +++