[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

Forums are alive and well for BBQ. See Amazing Ribs forums and BBQ Brethren.

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 82 points 9 months ago

It is just nice to be able to comment and have it read instead of buried 3000 comments down after the memes and one-liners.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by NBCooks@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

Currently, I have the following books on my wish list that I am thinking about buying.

Salvation by Peter Hamilton. I have read everything he has published except his short stories and love them so this is next on my to-read list.

Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. Seems kinda cool.

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly. It seems like a book in a similar vein as Jurassic Park, Dan Brown, Clive Cussler type stuff.

Pernasi By Susanna Clarke. I read her first book nearly 20 years ago and thought it was good. I really like creative sci-fi stuff. I am re-reading the Ninefox Gambit series again currently so this seems right up my alley.

Brandon Sanderson Way of Kings Book 3. Yeah, I probably need to start with Book 1 again and catch up. Has anyone read his Secret Books yet?

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Good point. I do prefer books over short stories though.

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Do any science fiction book subscriptions exist anymore with reasonably good quality books? About 10 years ago I was able to subscribe to a year of Angry Robot books for about $120 or $150. It wasn’t a bad deal as I remember I got about 24 books for the price.

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Excellent advice. I will review the site!

I go back and forth on digital, but if it is cheaper than paper in this case, maybe it makes sense if I can find the right collections.

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

The local used book store just closed. I will have to travel out a bit further.

The 35-year retrospective is excellent but not portable for the commute.

Maybe a road trip is needed or some careful hunting on eBay.

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submitted 10 months ago by NBCooks@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

What is the best way to acquire readable copies of Ellison’s short stories?

Amazon prices look extremely high at hundreds of dollars per copy. By readable, I mean books with font sizes larger than size 6 so a probably editions published after 1990. Is there a better name for these readable non-1970s editions?

eBay and thrift books are also good alternatives.

I guess I am surprised prices are so high but I guess many of his books are out of print.

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I bought my son 5 different Batman books and we have been reading them together. Lots of fun. I also finally bought Completely Mad (a history of Mad magazine) after wanting to read it for several years so that is on its way.

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Wow. That website is cancer on mobile.

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wefwef to voyager? (lemmy.world)

When will the app’s name on the screen change?

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Another vote for Bitwarden!

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not an official app via the AppStore so I suppose it would be closer to the webpage thing. It is super slick though.

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I have tested all of the IOS apps available and I like wefwef and MLEMapp the best. Both seem intuitive to use and have the handy list of subscribed communities easily available for individual scrolling.

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Basically the community shows up when I search from worlds as over 1k subs but just 9 from vlemmy. I guess that is the number of local subs from each instance?

[-] NBCooks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So I shouldn’t make a post asking which is the best lemmy community under 1k? I am tempted to create like 10 accounts and just hang out in these local “slow” communities.

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submitted 1 year ago by NBCooks@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Why is it that I can find the dogs community lemmy.world with over 2k subscribers while the same community does not appear when I search from vlemmy?

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submitted 1 year ago by NBCooks@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

How long should it take? Been waiting 45 minutes. I thought I’d switch to ease the load on lemmy.world.

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submitted 1 year ago by NBCooks@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

What are the pros and cons? For someone who has zero IT background so ELI5.

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