From d3c1aa3b1f4af8978e81d2dfb3b72cf23513af11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mms Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:22:54 +0200 Subject: feat(br): chronicles of amber --- assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg | Bin 0 -> 109998 bytes content-org/brain-rot.org | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++- .../fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md | 19 +++++ .../chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md | 58 +++++++++++++++ content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/_index.md | 4 +- 5 files changed, 156 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg create mode 100644 content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md create mode 100644 content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md diff --git a/assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg b/assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ee9c45 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/brain-rot/covers/nine-princes-in-amber.jpg differ 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..10c1157 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ ++++ +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 index 0000000..4d54e09 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/nine-princes-in-amber.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ ++++ +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" +++ -- cgit v1.2.3