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  1. Maturin

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    Read The Last Passenger (2023) by Will Dean. A thriller, but maybe also horror. Felt like a few crazy Black Mirror episodes in one... and while Dean certainly pulls it off without any dips in momentum or suspense, I called the twists a few chapters in and wasn't surprised in the slightest...
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    What fruit do you prefer: Strawberries or cherries?

    We call them smultron in Swedish. Used to find those in my parents backyard. Absolutely delicious and much better than strawberries. About the OP question - hard to say. Italian ice cream? All'amarena all the way. Cake? Hard to beat strawberry. Eating them just as they are? Depends on what type...
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    Finished Artemis (2017) by Andy Weir. A paranthesis; an in between filler between two future SF classics. Not all through terrible, but there are other books to read... Also read Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. Reminiscent of Andy Weir in the narrative style, without as much focus on technical...
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    Read 5 books since I last posted. Among these: Project Hail Mary (2021) by Andy Weir. This is the given SF-classic of the 2020's. Just a fantastic novel. Accessible, optimistic and with huge emotional impact. Perhaps more a classic science fiction story than The Martian, including all the...
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    Read A Half-Built Garden (2022) by Ruthanna Emrys. A first contact science fiction novel, dubbed 'diaperpunk' by the author in the afterword. Zero action to be found here. Instead, humanity's first contact with extraterrestial intelligent life will focus a lot about motherhood and changing...
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    I feel like Has anyone seen the series or read the book Behind Her Eyes? My girlfriend showed it to me and...
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    Finished The Institute (2019) by Stephen King. It's been a few years since I read a King - not because I don't love him, but because it would be the only thing I read otherwise. And does it feel good to be 'home'? Yes, indeed. This novel is back to what King is known for - you've got a former...
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    Finished Six Wakes. Some nice twists towards the end which made me warm up to it a bit more. Also read The Other Emily (2021) by Dean Koontz. A book I enjoyed more for its quite amazingly crazy plot and twists, than overall execution of. Pacing is weird, with the ending just rushing by in...
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    Currently reading Six Wakes (2017) by Mur Lafferty. A space opera murder mystery involving six clones crewing a generation ship heading to establish a human colony centuries of travel away from Earth. 24 years or so into the trip, fresh clones awake to find their previous bodies have all been...
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    Read Autonomous (2018) by Annalee Newitz. Future dystopian Earth where we get to follow a Robin Hood-esque pirate in the business of pirating drugs for the black market, and an android and his partner employed by big pharma on the hunt for her. Quite good. Can robots with human brains fall in...
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    I finally came around to watching Doctor Sleep (2019), the film adaptation of Stephen Kings The Shining-sequel of the same name. Mike Flanagan here provides a film which I like more than Kubrick's version of The Shining. But just like Kubrick this is wildly unfaithful to the novel. And really...
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    PRS guitars

    Own a Korean PRS SE Custom 24. Not really a fan. Very thin rounded neck profile without any shoulder on a wider neck... I much prefer thin necks to be more square with a lot of shoulder like a Jackson/Ibanez neck usually is. Big plus for upper fret access though. Widely lauded as great for the...
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    Dokken & Lynch Mob (and related bands)

    Sweet & Lynch - "Miracle", second single off their upcoming album Heart & Sacrifice out May 19th. Feels like there's a lot of Lynch in this track. The guitar is unmistakeably George Lynch. Great riffing and fantastic solo! Sounds like an old Dokken-track more than it's a Michael...
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    Sweet & Lynch - "Miracle", second single off their upcoming album Heart & Sacrifice out May 19th.
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    Stryper - "Lost" off their 2018 album God Damn Evil.
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    Dokken & Lynch Mob (and related bands)

    I kind of disagree... I love the first album, but the second is getting about the same amount of play. "Promised Land", "Make Your Mark", "Unified" and "Better Man" hold their own against everything on the first album, easily. Judging by the single I'm going to love this as well! Are you a fan...
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    Guitar Pedals

    I've got the (now discontinued) Screamer 50 Combo. Great, great amp. More aimed for the "classic rock" crowd than the usual offering from ENGL. Built like a tank. I think it makes sense to look at ENGL if you want the best (over)built, sturdy, dependable rock machines out there. Never tried the...
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    Best New Music 2023 edition

    Sweet & Lynch - "You'll Never Be Alone" off the upcoming album Heart & Sacrifice out May 19th through Frontiers. Their third album, from about the only supergroup I know to actually put out worthwile records.
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    Guitar Pedals

    Nice setup @Saapanael ! Yes. This is what to do. Especially with older style distortion pedals, and then I'm talking about Boss DS-1, MXR Distortion+, RAT etc. I do this for my setup into a clean amp with the two former pedals. Modern pedals with enough gain in themselves might not like an...
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