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-rw-r--r--content/brain-rot/fantasy/_index.md18
-rw-r--r--content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md19
-rw-r--r--content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md19
-rw-r--r--content/review/interesting-times-1995.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/discworld/interesting-times.md)16
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/_index.md13
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/_index.md14
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md)19
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md)19
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md)19
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/good-omens-1990.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990.md)20
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/guns-of-avalon-1971.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md)21
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/hand-of-oberon-1976.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md)21
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/hard-to-be-a-god-strugatsky-1964.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi/hard-to-be-a-god-strugatsky-1964.md)22
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/heaven-makers-1967.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md)19
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/interesting-times-1995.md73
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/nine-princes-in-amber-1970.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md)21
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/roadside-picnic-1972.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi/roadside-picnic-1972.md)21
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md)21
-rw-r--r--content/reviews/books/time-of-contempt.md (renamed from content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/time-of-contempt.md)19
19 files changed, 186 insertions, 228 deletions
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/_index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6194c29..0000000
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/_index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-+++
-title = "Fantasy"
-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
-date = 2024-04-14T18:10:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
-draft = false
-weight = 3001
-primary_menu = "brain-rot"
-abstract = "The Witcher series"
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot]
- identifier = "fantasy"
- weight = 2000
-+++
-
-{{< menu "brain-rot-fantasy" >}}
-Witcher
-{{< /menu >}}
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 10c1157..0000000
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-+++
-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/witcher/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 0045f20..0000000
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-+++
-title = "Witcher (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1990-2018)"
-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
-date = 2024-04-14T18:10:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
-draft = false
-weight = 3002
-primary_menu = "brain-rot"
-abstract = "The Witcher series"
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-fantasy]
- weight = 3002
- identifier = "witcher-andrzej-sapkowski-1990-2018"
- post = "series"
-+++
-
-{{< menu "brain-rot-wicher" >}}
-Witcher
-{{< /menu >}}
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/discworld/interesting-times.md b/content/review/interesting-times-1995.md
index 8567dbf..b3b84e1 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/discworld/interesting-times.md
+++ b/content/review/interesting-times-1995.md
@@ -2,18 +2,12 @@
title = "Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett, 1995)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-02-13T21:06:00+01:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
draft = false
-weight = 3001
-image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots"
-image_max_width = 765
+weight = 1002
abstract = "A very short review"
aliases = ["/blog/2024/interesting-times/", "/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times/"]
rating = 3.75
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-fantasy]
- weight = 3001
- identifier = "interesting-times-terry-pratchett-1995"
+image = "reviews/covers/pratchett-interesting-times.jpg"
+++
Cover blurp:
@@ -30,9 +24,11 @@ Cover blurp:
>
> ...and a very special butterfly.
-{{< rating 3.75 "pratchett-interesting-times.jpg" >}}
+<div class="rating">
+
Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
+
+</div>
I am, what one could call, an old school _nerd_.
All I care about are old operating systems, ancient editors and old SCIFI[^fn:1]
diff --git a/content/reviews/_index.md b/content/reviews/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a8c662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/reviews/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
++++
+title = "Reviews"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
+draft = false
+weight = 1001
+abstract = "Reviews2"
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
++++
+
+## Reviews {#reviews}
+
+My reviews of fun things!
diff --git a/content/reviews/books/_index.md b/content/reviews/books/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2d97f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/reviews/books/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
++++
+title = "Book reviews"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
+abstract = "Reviews of books"
++++
+
+## Book reviews {#book-reviews}
+
+This is a list of books reviewed on my site.
+It's mostly all speculative fiction - SciFi or Fantasy, as those the genras which get me going!
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md b/content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md
index 38bbce5..5ba624e 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
title = "Baptism of Fire (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1996)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-04-25T16:27:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3002
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-wicher"
+weight = 2007
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
abstract = "My review of the third book in the Witcher saga"
-aliases = ["/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire/"]
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire/", "/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire/"]
rating = 4.25
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-wicher]
- weight = 3002
- identifier = "baptism-of-fire-andrzej-sapkowski-1996"
+image = "reviews/covers/sapkowski-baptism-of-fire.jpg"
+related = ["Witcher Saga"]
+relatedName = "Baptism of Fire"
+++
_Baptism of Fire_ is the third novel in the _Witcher_ saga.
@@ -31,10 +30,6 @@ We've got Milva, an archer.
We've also got Zoltanm, a dwarf.
And we've also got Regis, a vampire.
-{{< rating 4.25 "sapkowski-baptism-of-fire.jpg" >}}
-The classic cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
Having spent quality time with an interesting, diverse crowd made it very enable ride.
They even joke sitting by fire!
I think lack of such interactions is why I disliked the last book.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md b/content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md
index e7abb00..b70f7b3 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
title = "Lady of the Lake (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1999)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-06-15T22:06:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3004
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-wicher"
+weight = 2009
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
abstract = "My review of the last book in the Witcher saga"
-image = "covers/sapkowski-lady-of-the-lake.jpg"
+image = "reviews/covers/sapkowski-lady-of-the-lake.jpg"
rating = 3.75
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-wicher]
- weight = 3004
- identifier = "lady-of-the-lake-andrzej-sapkowski-1999"
+related = ["Witcher Saga"]
+relatedName = "Lady of the Lake"
+aliases = ["brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake/"]
+++
I had a _blast_ with the Witcher saga.
@@ -50,10 +49,6 @@ I was expecting a lot of nods to Polish reader, and while there were _some_, the
Every book is different, author changes the dynamic and puts focus on a different place.
Sapkowski learns from each book and tries (and then mostly succeeds) to correct mistakes with the next one.
-{{< rating 3.75 "sapkowski-lady-of-the-lake.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
But, like with the previous one, tension is removed by the knowledge that the games take place _after_ the saga.
We know that main characters will live, because we meet them in the game.
And even if we don't care about computer games, it's impossible to not see some random picture and as a result spoil the book.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md b/content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md
index d7d5e66..dfb6b15 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
title = "Tower of the Swallow (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1997)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-05-25T22:11:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3003
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-wicher"
+weight = 2008
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
abstract = "My review of the 4th book in the Witcher saga"
rating = 4.25
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-wicher]
- weight = 3003
- identifier = "tower-of-the-swallow-andrzej-sapkowski-1997"
+image = "reviews/covers/sapkowski-tower-of-swallow.jpg"
+related = ["Witcher Saga"]
+relatedName = "Tower of the Swallow"
+aliases = ["brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow/"]
+++
It's hard to overestimate how popular the Witcher books were amongst polish youth in the 90s.
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ Not only is it not about social commentary, not only is not about things Witcher
Ciri is having a very terrible time here.
She is captured, tortured and abused.
And even though Sapkowski makes it very clear that no sexual abuse is happening, it's still far from what I would expect.
-
-{{< rating 4.25 "sapkowski-tower-of-swallow.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
The character of Ciri is also changing.
She is (rightfully) angry, spiteful and thirst for vengeance.
Basically, a teenager with a sword.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990.md b/content/reviews/books/good-omens-1990.md
index 7e33edc..aa3ceb4 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/good-omens-1990.md
@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@
title = "Good Omens (Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, 1990)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-08-31T21:47:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3004
-image_dir = "screenshots"
-image_max_width = 765
-menu_order = "name"
-abstract = "My short revoew"
+weight = 2011
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
+abstract = "My short review"
rating = 3
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-fantasy]
- weight = 3004
- identifier = "good-omens-terry-pratchett-and-neil-gaiman-1990"
+image = "reviews/covers/good-omens.jpg"
+alias = ["brain-rot/fantasy/good-omens-1990/"]
+++
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.
@@ -48,10 +44,6 @@ But the world of _Discworld_ is far more interesting, crazier.
In that series, we've got an insane world and insane characters which try to remain sane.
_Good Omen_ however happens in our, boring world and most of the characters are "normal", but they act insane.
-{{< rating 3.0 "good-omens.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
Nevertheless, since it's got two authors, it is a bit on the longer side.
Just enough to overstay its welcome by just a bit.
Pratchett is a master of the word and characters, but his stories he tell are rarely interesting - and I was never a fan of Gaiman.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md b/content/reviews/books/guns-of-avalon-1971.md
index 1a66495..43ecbed 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/guns-of-avalon-1971.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Guns of Avalon (Roger Zelazny, 1972)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-08-31T22:25:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3002
-image_dir = "screenshots"
-image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-fantasy-amber"
+weight = 2003
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
abstract = "My short review"
rating = 4
-image = "covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg"
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-fantasy-amber]
- weight = 3002
- identifier = "guns-of-avalon-roger-zelazny-1972"
+image = "reviews/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg"
+related = ["Chronices of Amber: Corwin cycle"]
+relatedName = "Guns of Avalon"
+aliases = ["brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971/"]
+++
The fastest fantasy in the wild west continues where we left off.
@@ -25,10 +22,6 @@ Mostly because I've never been into fantasy, but still.
At no point of _Guns of Avalon_ nor of _[Nine Princes in Amber](/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/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.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md b/content/reviews/books/hand-of-oberon-1976.md
index ab5b691..a3ca13f 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/hand-of-oberon-1976.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Hand of Oberon (Roger Zelazny, 1976)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-09-22T22:42:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3004
-image_dir = "screenshots"
-image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-fantasy-amber"
+weight = 2005
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
abstract = "My short review"
rating = 4
-image = "/covers/hand-of-oberon.jpg"
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-fantasy-amber]
- weight = 3004
- identifier = "hand-of-oberon-roger-zelazny-1976"
+image = "reviews/covers/hand-of-oberon.jpg"
+related = ["Chronices of Amber: Corwin cycle"]
+relatedName = "Hand of Oberon"
+aliases = ["brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976/"]
+++
The plot thickens!
@@ -28,10 +25,6 @@ Fantasy books rarely make anyone rich, but a man's got to eat.
The length of each volume here also doesn't make it any worse, as they all about 200 pages long.
Brandon Sanderson's signature is longer than that.
-{{< rating 4 "hand-of-oberon.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
Story wise, _Hand of Oberon_ is more of the same: scheming of Corwin's family and deepening the world.
The world is not redefined again, but we're once again getting something surprising.
However, since it's the 4th book, it comes a bit predictable[^fn:1].
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi/hard-to-be-a-god-strugatsky-1964.md b/content/reviews/books/hard-to-be-a-god-strugatsky-1964.md
index 1b19536..2e072be 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi/hard-to-be-a-god-strugatsky-1964.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/hard-to-be-a-god-strugatsky-1964.md
@@ -2,30 +2,22 @@
title = "Hard to be a God (Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, 1964)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-07-07T22:41:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3003
-image_dir = "screenshots"
-image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot"
-menu_order = "name"
+weight = 2013
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
abstract = "A short review of an absolut marvel of a book"
-image = "covers/hard-to-be-a-god-book.jpg"
+image = "reviews/covers/hard-to-be-a-god-book.jpg"
rating = 4.5
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ebscifi]
- weight = 3003
- identifier = "hard-to-be-a-god-arkady-and-boris-strugatsky-1964"
+aliases = ["brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi/hard-to-be-a-god-strugatsky-1964/"]
+related = ["Strugatsky brothers"]
+relatedName = "Hard to be God"
+++
I remember, back in high school when we were tasked with reading _The Master and Margarita_.
Teenage me loved this book about devil and demonic stuff.
Then they told us that all of that _cool_ stuff is just a cover to hide the real meaning of the book: commentary on the Soviet Union and communism[^fn:1].
-{{< rating 4.5 "hard-to-be-a-god-book.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
_Hard to be a God_ is a novel by the famous Strugatsky brothers.
In the undefined future, humans are capable of space travel.
A group of scientists in sent to an alien planet to observe and report back.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md b/content/reviews/books/heaven-makers-1967.md
index 6dd9ea1..b91dd83 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/heaven-makers-1967.md
@@ -2,19 +2,14 @@
title = "Heaven Makers (Frank Herbert, 1967)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-06-19T12:06:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
+categories = ["reviews"]
draft = false
-weight = 3007
-image_dir = "screenshots"
-image_max_width = 765
-primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
+weight = 2012
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
abstract = "My review of an early Frank Herbert novel"
-image = "covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg"
+image = "reviews/covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg"
rating = 3
-[menu]
- [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
- weight = 3007
- identifier = "heaven-makers-frank-herbert-1967"
+aliases = ["brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967/"]
+++
Chems are a race of aliens being who learned technology allowing them to live forever.
@@ -34,10 +29,6 @@ The plot is decent, the twists are cool, the characters are (mostly) OK.
It's not insulting, but it's never great.
It's also short, so all the underdeveloped or missed parts of the book never develop into real frustration.
-{{< rating 3.0 "herbert-heaven-makers.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
-
And while I have enjoyed reading it over the course of 2 evening[^fn:1] and would not call the time _wasted_, I'm afraid in a year I'll have very little recollection of the events that I've witnessed.
If anything, it reminded me that I really need to watch _Twilight Zone_.
_Heaven Makers_ is very much like an episode of that type a show.
diff --git a/content/reviews/books/interesting-times-1995.md b/content/reviews/books/interesting-times-1995.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..024a80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/reviews/books/interesting-times-1995.md
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
++++
+title = "Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett, 1995)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-02-13T21:06:00+01:00
+categories = ["reviews"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2010
+reviewSection = ["Books"]
+abstract = "A very short review"
+aliases = ["/blog/2024/interesting-times/", "/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times/"]
+rating = 3.75
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+
+Cover blurp:
+
+> Mighty Battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy).
+>
+> The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise What I Did On My Holidays. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. Warlords are struggling for power. War (and Clancy) are spreading through the ancient cities.
+>
+> And all that stands in the way of terrible doom for eveyone is:
+>
+> Rincewind the Wizard, who can't even spell the word 'wizard' ...
+>
+> Cohen the barbarian hero, five foot tall in his surgical sandals, who has had a lifetime's experience of not dying ...
+>
+> ...and a very special butterfly.
+
+I am, what one could call, an old school _nerd_.
+All I care about are old operating systems, ancient editors and old SCIFI[^fn:1]
+Ah, and some text based game where you are a cute "@".
+_Of course_ I like Pratchett.
+
+I started reading him _years_ ago in the only way acceptable - chronological[^fn:2].
+And I had a few years long pause.
+Now, after a series of reading _only_ technical books I am returning to fiction.
+
+_[Interesting Times](https://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/books/interesting-times/)_ is an ok-level Pratchett book.
+It's not close to his best, it's not close to his worst[^fn:3].
+
+This time Rincewind has to travel to Counterweight Continent and help a rebellion.
+There he reconnects with old acquaintances - Twoflower, and Cohen to Barbarian.
+
+The problem is that there is not much more.
+We've got a lot of Chinese things, which is new.
+But the story itself is extremely straight-forward.
+Nothing memorable happens.
+I finished it 2 days ago, and already I would have a problem recollecting any standing out moment.
+I still remember moments from other _Discworld_ books a decade after I read them!
+
+But Terry's writing makes me not care and just enjoy the journey.
+He is able to make a boring story interesting, and his characters are always great.
+I was reading the book while putting my son to sleep, and I almost gave him a heart attack with a laughter attack.
+This alone makes it worth it!
+
+Not the best place to start with __Discworld__ (the best is, of course, _Colour of Magic_) but as n-th book in the series it's very enjoyable.
+
+I give it a `3.75/5`.
+
+
+## Meta {#meta}
+
+- Read as EPUB on Onyx Boox Note Air 2.
+- Read in Polish translation
+- Next up: back to Andrzej Sapkowski's with "Time of Contempt". I am not a good pole, having not read the entire saga. I promise to do it before my 40th birthday[^fn:4]
+
+[^fn:1]: And manga&amp;anime, but that's beside the point.
+ Not American comics though.
+ Never cared about those, and it seems I never will.
+[^fn:2]: It's ok to disagree, just like it's ok to be wrong.
+[^fn:3]: Being a bad Pratchett's book still means being a very good one.
+ Most authors would love to reach the level of one of those at least once.
+[^fn:4]: Which is closer that I expected
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md b/content/reviews/books/nine-princes-in-amber-1970.md
index bb10712..d998ada 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/nine-princes-in-amber-1970.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Nine Princes in Amber (Roger Zelazny, 1970)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-07-22T23:21:00+02:00
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abstract = "The fastest fantasy book in the wild west"
rating = 4
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+related = ["Chronices of Amber: Corwin cycle"]
+relatedName = "Nine Princes in Amber"
+aliases = ["/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber/"]
+++
That's one confusing novel.
@@ -36,10 +33,6 @@ 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.
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-Cover
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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.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi/roadside-picnic-1972.md b/content/reviews/books/roadside-picnic-1972.md
index cbda2e8..4f67711 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi/roadside-picnic-1972.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/roadside-picnic-1972.md
@@ -2,20 +2,15 @@
title = "Roadside Picnic (Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, 1972)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-07-15T21:35:00+02:00
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abstract = "A short review of an absolute marvel of a book"
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+image = "reviews/covers/roadside-picnic.jpg"
rating = 4.5
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- weight = 3004
- identifier = "roadside-picnic-arkady-and-boris-strugatsky-1972"
+related = ["Strugatsky brothers"]
+relatedName = "Roadside Picnic"
+++
_Roadside Picnic_ has a very particular heritage.
@@ -53,10 +48,6 @@ He is not shy about drinking, visiting a bordello or cheating on his wife.
At the same time, he is not shown as an evil person, because his existence doesn't matter.
Even though he is one of the most experienced stalkers, his death would mean nothing.
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-Cover
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The novel is also much less adventurous than one could expect, knowing the movie or the games.
We spend just a handful of pages in the Zone, the rest happens in the nearby town.
_Roadside Picnic_ is beautiful as anti-SiFi story.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md b/content/reviews/books/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md
index af99328..a9d9e48 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
title = "Sign of the Unicorn (Roger Zelazny, 1975)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-09-07T22:14:00+02:00
-categories = ["brainrot"]
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+++
We are halfway through the Corwin's saga, and Zelazny decides to step up the game.
@@ -27,10 +24,6 @@ In fact, most of this volume is spent talking.
We have a mystery, the family secrets are coming out.
It's a wholly different experience than what we've had before.
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We've got intrigue, we've got drama, we've got betrayal.
We even learn who stands behind Corwin's accident, which happened before the start of _[Nine Princess...](/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber/)_.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/time-of-contempt.md b/content/reviews/books/time-of-contempt.md
index 9a1a1eb..ad86a9f 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/time-of-contempt.md
+++ b/content/reviews/books/time-of-contempt.md
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
title = "Time of Contempt (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1995)"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-03-24T22:27:00+01:00
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abstract = "My review of the second book in the Witcher saga"
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+++
It's a stain of my honor - I am a Pole, but I've never read The Saga.
@@ -20,10 +19,6 @@ It's not that I've never read any of The Witcher, but somehow I always stopped a
Last year I've decided to finally fix this.
I am a proud nerd for crying out loud!
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-The classic cover
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_Time of Contempt_ is the second part of The Witcher Saga, but it's also the 4th book about Geralt and his world.
Let's ignore the short stories for a second and let's talk about this book in context of The Saga.
Here it suffers from being the middle child: Andrzej is developing the characters and story, but it lacks a impactful begging and an end.