"Murderbot has to assist station security. Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again!" After five of these, obviously... 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. (Abrabot Link-OLN) #booksky #scifi

Cradle of Filth: To Live Deliciously #extreme #gothic #metal

"When his associates require assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then." This one was equal parts rootin'-tootin'-system bootin' fun (so good) and scrupulous reading of endless flowcharts out loud by Reverend Lovejoy (so bad). #booksky #scifi

An Abstract Illusion: No Dreams Beyond Empty Horizons #atmospheric #progressive #death #metal

Groundhog Month 4: It's Over, It's Done Finally, it all comes to a head: doomsday prepping, ringers, the mother of all battles, surprises, mad scrambles, plans within plans within plans, and the epilogue with the true final boss: money problems. #booksky #progression #fantasy

Evoken: None #funeral #doom #death #metal

"Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, #Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah. But who's going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?" Murderbot Unbound 4: Persona non bota #booksky #scifi

Frayle: Boo #atmospheric #doom #post-metal

"The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is." -taking the mickey - (slang) ridiculing or mocking -taking Miki - what happens in 'Rogue Protocol' #booksky #scifi

Unleashed: Hold Your Hammers High! #deathmetal

"Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART, Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue." Like the first one, when it's fun, it's really fun, but when it's dull, it's really dull. Human characters are still less than paper-thin. ART is a welcome addition. #booksky #scifi

Cytotoxin: Biographyte #technical #brutal #death #metal

"A team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their self-aware SecUnit that refers to itself as 'Murderbot.' Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is." Started with a bang, ended with a whimper. On to the second log. #booksky

Oromet: Forsaken Tarn #funeral #doom #metal

"Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high-speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. (...) weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory." John Donne: No man is an island. Concrete Crusoe: I am the island. #booksky

Behölder: Tower of Broken God / The Dungeons are Calling #epic #doom #heavymetal #powermetal

Potential (SS) divisions #politics #coastguard

I'm just gonna rest a little...

A batch of cumbers and sundries from a more normal time: Caffeine| Being Poor | Twitter | Sherlock | David Cameron Looking Like Ham | Nutter-letters | Failed Nicknames| Squirrels’ Testicles | Sexy Tax | Binge-drinking | Rihanna’s Cardigan | Hot People |The Gay Moon Landings #booksky #essays #humor

Warbringer: The Last of My Kind #thrash #metal

Down the rabbit hole and what Control found there The 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘳! The 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘳! If you don't like Dune-like "wheels within wheels" machinations where characters try to decipher hidden meanings in mundane sentences like "it's cold today," you might not respect this Authoritah. #booksky #scifi #weird

Menace Ruine: Once a Ghost #apocalyptic #drone #folk #blackmetal

Groundhog Month 3: Heists, Hochstaplerei & Higher Education Still too long and without much structure, but otherwise mostly fine, #cozy, relaxing and inoffensive. Cunning MC is not only becoming increasingly powerful but also wiser and, crucially, more empathetic. #booksky #progression #fantasy

Bergfried: Dark Wings #heavymetal #hardrock

I stand up and take 2d6 necrotic damage, no saving throw. #dnd #ttrpg

"Janina's reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. (...) a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate." I feel seen. #booksky #mystery #literary

White Mantis: Cannibal State #thrash #metal

"Ada and her father help sick locals by temporarily burying them in the reviving, dangerous Ground nearby. (...) a dream between fairy tale and nightmare, desire and delusion, #folktale and warning." Halle Bury and The Cures #booksky #horror #fantasy #magicalrealism

Nailed to Obscurity: Generation of the Void #melodic #death #doom #progressive #metal

"Living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly, and unloved." Another ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ classic by C. L. #booksky #lispector #literary

Autrest: Forgotten Wolves #atmospheric #blackmetal

"A harrowing #cosmic #mystery at the vanguard of #ecofiction." ♪ 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘟 𝘉𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘟 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘢̈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 ♪ #booksky #scifi #horror #weird #hallucinatory

Centuries of Decay: A Monument to Oblivion #progressive #death #metal

Groundhog Month 2: Out of Punxsutawney and Back Again Too long for my taste, episodic and story arc-less, and I'm only at the halfway point. Mainly telling, rarely showing, seldom describing. Still, not insulting in any way, and kind of #cozy waste of a lot of time. #booksky #progression #fantasy

Rivers of Nihil: Houses of Light #progressive #technical #death #metal

"In luminous and hallucinated language, it explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world." #Alien mutants relive human #myths in the far-future Earth for some reason, but... this time it's literose and name-droppy. Tempo: molto pretenzioso. #booksky #scifi #difference

Crypt Sermon: De Mysteriis Doom Sathanas #epic #doom #metal

"When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered." Although I agree with Le Guin's anti-colonial sentiments, this one was slightly too preachy for this Creechie. Not 'Avatar' levels of unsubtle, but close. #booksky #scifi

Author & Punisher: Titanis (ft. Kuntari) #industrial #drone #doom #art #metal

"Eight hundred years ago, desperate to avert their inevitable defeat, the Idirans had induced not one but two suns to explode, snuffing out worlds teeming with sentient life." #Culture, but funny, and sad, and philosophical, and orbital. #booksky #scifi #iainmbanks #spaceopera #reconciliation

Sunn O))): Eternity's Pillar #drone #doom #experimental #metal #darkambient

A story as old as time: a woman goes into an empty room, perceives it as a minaret of hard gold above a desert; with the help of the All-Father Papa Roach, she steals the hunting horse from the Sabbath King, extends beyond her own sensibility, and becomes one with God-matter/Zen/Tao ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky

Frayle: Walking Wounded #atmospheric #doom #post-metal

Possibly the most intimate of all Dune prequels. Pre-Butlerian jihad period, an unsympathetic main character obsessed with sand and bugs, very rapey. Couldn't wait for Shai Hulud to devour him. Also, something-something-existential-something, probably. #booksky #literary #magicalrealism #japan

An Abstract Illusion: Emmett #atmospheric #progressive #deathmetal #sweden

"Zorian is murdered, then abruptly brought back to the beginning of the month. Finding himself trapped in a time loop with no clear end or exit, he will have to look both within and without to unravel the mystery set before him." Groundhog Month 1: Cast. Die. Repeat. #booksky #progression #fantasy

Speedclaw: Fly High #speedmetal #heavymetal #croatia

"Haunting, spare, yet stubbornly hopeful..." If you've read 'The Road' and thought — well, that was fun, but it could use more feel-good vibes usually associated with Syberia, Solzhenitsyn, and Stalker. A great #post-apocalyptic novel. #booksky #scifi

Sanguisugabogg: Abhorrent Contraception #deathmetal