I really like the Dark Tower series, the world and how it is built, the concept etc but the last couple of books are quite frankly mid at best. They aren’t bad but I find the end kind of unsatisfying.

I really like the majority of his work but my favourites in no particular order would probably be -

The Talisman

Needful Things

Desperation

The Regulators

Black House

Cell

11/22/63

The Green Mile

I think xD I didn’t want to make the list too long but honestly it is hard to pick for me.

Yeh, definitely up there with my favourites too!

I’m pretty partial to a bit of 555-5555 but I dont think I dislike any of his work tbh!

New Rygby album Custom Character a dubstep album with a chiptune / videogame kinda vibe running through it.

What’s reddit? Is that like a new alternative to Lemmy? ;P

Yeh I know what you mean, acid rain is somewhat unique even within Lorns catalogue. It just has a different kind of feel and unfortunstely I can’t offer anything else really.

Dolor has some similar stuff here and there and did an EP with Lorn which is good stuff but it still isnt Acid Rain xD

Thanks for loads of information, it makes it sound even more interesting still. The steep learning curve was the only thing that put me off slightly when you originally mentioned it and I planned to go onto YouTube and try and find some information that way and try and get a sort of idea of the game before jumping into it for sure.

Stuff with a steep learning curve are often much more rewarding once you can get past that barrier of entry so that aspect does also appeal to me some what. Ive just started a new game recently and dont have a lot of time for games so tend to just play one at a time but I’m going to try and absorb some info on this in the mean time.

Thanks for the recommendation and additional info!

Lorn - Acid Rain

Followed by the rest of his discography.

Then take a dive into Culprate Deliverance and αριθμός τέσσερα (Number Four) albums.

Oooo that cataclysm games sounds interesting. Gonna have to check that out and see what’s up!

Thanks for the link, that is where I will be going to do just that.

I would use Linux if I could but sadly I can’t.

Linux doesn’t run what I need, getting some form of LTSC is my only option.

It isn’t exactly efficient use of energy thoufh and as others have also said it would cause serious safety problems with wind coming from other directions.

Dressing appropriately for the weather would be a far better solution.

That looks like it would be hell to pedal in any kind of headwind!

I added two alternatives last night -

https://mediafusion.elfhosted.com/configure

https://knightcrawler.elfhosted.com/configure

They both gave me links and worked exactly as torrentio did when working. Maybe give them a try.

So a pretty run of the mill gravel bike then? And only space for up to 38mm tyres is pretty weak IMO. It is a nice looking bike but it isn’t really bringing anything to the table.

Librevox was actually where my journey into reading began so yes, ive used it extensively.

It is a great resource for sure but also some readers I absolutely could not stand and would stop listening based on how they read or the way they pronounced stuff that annoyed me. Conversely there are some absolutely great readers on there as well.

This is how I found hat kinds of stories / genres I liked in the first place by just going through their library and listening to random stuff. Finding authors I liked and then bingeing everything I could find of theirs.

I started my journey off with Lovecraft and Edgar Rice Burroughs on there and still go back sometimes and listen to the recordings people have made for librevox. I have a special place in my heart for the caspak trilogy as they were the first books I ever really got into!

Ive never been able to physically read books, I end up getting bored, reading the same page over and over etc I just can’t concentrate on it long enough and as such always thought I didn’t really like books.

Then I discovered audiobooks around 10 years ago.

Now I get through probably 100 plus books each year and fucking love it. I always listen to books at work whilst doing stuff like setting up machines, I’ll listen to them whilst doing chores, or working on my bike or any other kind of task like that.

If I’m not enjoying a book after around half an hour or so I’ll just drop it and move on unless it is something I really want to get into but as ive got older I apply this mindset to a lot more things and find in general it makes things a lot more enjoyable than trying to force stuff I’m not enjoying.

I mainly read fantasy and horror and never read to learn or anything like that, it is purely for enjoyment!

When I did this recently I used Lexicon DJ management (as I’m a DJ and it has lots of other features I was using too).

There are a few options to choose from in terms of how it searches and how strict it is when trying to find duplicates. I’m not sure which features are available on the free version, I paid just for one month to sort out a lot of things within my DJ library but it may be worth looking in to to see if it can serve your needs :)

edit to add more info

Website says - “With Find Duplicates you can scan all your tracks in your library and automatically compare them based on the audio signature or tags. This way truly identical audio duplicates are found. This even works with different file types. If you have an MP3 and a WAV with the same audio, Lexicon will match them and lets you choose which one you want to keep.”

So it doesnt just scan filenames it compares the audio files themselves to weed out duplicates.

Here is a YT video of the process from their site

Ah yeh, you are right it is the stormlight archive book that is coming the beginning of next month, not more Mistborn. I’m still looking forward to that though!

I finished off Mr Mercedes which was good but probably not high up there in terms of Kings books for me. I think Eyes of a Dragon was his attempted at writing a YA novel for his kids if I remember rightly. I enjoyed it but again not one of my favourite King books.

As always I’ve done a couple of Deathlands books this week and still enjoying it greatly.

I also read Flux by Jeremy Robinson which is the third book in the Infinite series. It was another really good book and another one that really reminded me of Koontz and the way he writes. The end of it ties in really nicely with The Others which was the second book and adds some further back story into the universe and that story that I wasn’t expecting throughout the story which was a nice surprise.

I have the fourth book ready to go and may start on that after a couple more Deathlands books :D

On the side I have spent a few hours editing Underwood and Flinch (by Mike Bennett) podcast releases I have the files for into a cohesive audio book with none of the podcast preamble and shit talking. I’ve listened to it a couple of times already and editing it has tempted me back for another listen which I may so sometime soon. If you’d like a modern day vampire story I strongly recommend checking it out!