Makes me wonder about what other amazing things are out there that I’ll never find just because of bad luck. Gives me anxiety sometimes

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    I’ve been doing cyber security for years now. Back in the pandemic, I found a talk about using elevators for physical penetration tests. Went down the rabbit hole and now I can tell you a lot about an elevator just from the up and down buttons in the lobby lol.

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    For me it’s learning stuff, especially DIY and crafts. I just can’t resist, as much as I try to remain only with the things I already do.

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    The most recent one for me is the book genre of progression fantasy. I saw a post about a book series called cradle a bit ago and by now I’ve read over 40 books in the genre.

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      That’s how I got sucked into scifi serials a few years back. It’s like soap operas with spaceships and I can’t believe I’m into this now. XD

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      Any books you’d recommend besides cradle? I just finished the mistborn trilogy, and while it’s not strictly progressive fantasy, I need another thing to scratch that itch

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        I know the feeling, I actually made a spreadsheet of people’s recommendations to help find that next read

        Beware of chicken, is one of my favourites, it’s a parody and it’s very fun

        Iron prince, I liked this one

        Mother of learning is a fun timeloop trip

        The captain, not strictly progression fantasy but it’s written by cradle author and its fantastic

        Dungeon crawler carl, also a parody and it’s fun

        The primal hunter is pretty okay

        Portal to nova roma is pretty okay, I enjoyed it but it’s not the best

        Soulhome is another one that is pretty okay, I enjoyed it

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        I’m a big fan of the Completionist Chronicles and its preceding series Divine Dungeon. The main character flip flops between slightly sociopathic and good, but the progression system is really open-ended while still following s consistent set of rules that are easy to understand.

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      How is that different from LitRPG? I have read some LitRPG by Xander Boyce because he’s in my EVE Online alliance, and enjoyed them.

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      Oh, like the Cleric’s Quintet, I loved that series! I should look for some more like it now that I know an overarching term for the genre… … Wait a minute - I see what you’re doing here 😐

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    Someone loaned me a copy of philip k dicks the reader last year. I already loved cyberpunk and dystopic cinema, and seeing where a lot of those plots originated and the writing style got me hooked. Ive read sooo many SF and cyberbunk novels over the last year because of it.

    I hadnt read fiction for years, back in college I read will self and william burroughs, which in hindsight probably falls under the same umbrella. I didnt have an internet device back then so it was only what I found in the library and not a lot really held my attention. Glad someone who knew me said hey, youll probably like this.