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The title of this post could also read like a Moth who used to have a crippling addiction.

People absolutely are, and it's making us actually look insane.

We need to not sweep these things under the rug while we're also dealing with terrorists wanting us dead too.

Even if you think these books are harmful, how are they more harmful than a literal bomb?

It’s great series for discussing how it is a story about surviving under an oppressive government and how that can cause trauma. How it’s not about a love story, but a story of people binding together to survive, when everyone knew in the end they would still be fucked over by the government.

I love Lanier! I never met anyone else familiar with her books. I pestered our poor reference librarian for months trying to find out when her next book would be out, only to find out Ms. Lanier had died.

Interesting. I have had this one on my shelf to read for literally years. Sounds like I should actually read it.

I'm still trying to figure out why books with LGBTQ+ and Blacks are suddenly bad beyond the fact that Republicans need a hate platform to go along with the "sky is falling" platform.

I like gifting people books, but it's hard, too. Most of my friends love reading, but all of us have wildly different tastes. So it's always a struggle to pick something I think they would enjoy. It's hardest with a friend who mostly reads classics, because I often have no idea whether she's read a particular one or not. With others, I tend to go for more recent publications to maximize the chances they won't have read it yet.

I'm with you that Control is not a great protagonist, but what helped me appreciate Authority was realizing that Control isn't the main character of the book; he's the point-of -view character. The main character is the Southern Reach. Once that perspective shift hit, I enjoyed it much more.

i don't usually gift people books especially if they don't usually read for pleasure but i have had a couple of times where i read a book that i have a strong feeling a friend is gonna like and if i happen to get an extra copy of it, ill gift it to them. so far ive been pretty good with recommending books to people but most of the time i gift books to people who are avid readers.

I agree, but that comparison is my partly my point. I don’t think the hunger games is on similar level as Twilight and I think if popularity was the largest factor, then Project Hail Mary would get more hate. (From what I’ve seen it’s more like 1 negative for every 10+ positive). I don’t want to seem like I’m discovering something new, and yeah, the reasons why aren’t exactly a secret, but I’m just annoyed that even after all these years, people still think the same of the YA and what I consider to be near the top of that genre. The difference in hate shows, in my opinion, the prejudice people still have and the limits in some ways of how people define a good story.

Also, what’s RPO?

Loved the series. There was a question the other day about books you've read and enjoyed but it seems no one has heard of and I said this set. So we are out there! I can still remember certain scenes and how they just stuck with me. Really great dystopia read.

Felt so bad for Wolf. That whole bit in the juvenile detention facility was brutal.

Haven't thought about Brexit, but it could be a factor. Good point.

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"look how dangerous these books are -- they incur bomb threats from psychopaths!"

"but you're the psychopaths who made the bomb threat"

"so?"

Old time Reagan voter? I'm joking but this person's political identity would be obvious even without the catchphrase

I can’t speak on books specifically, but I work in a US office that’s had a lot of paper quality issues in our publishing department that sound similar. We can’t get the quality paper we need in the amount of stock we’re needing it for. And if the paper is in stock, it’s either above our budget or there’s another company with higher priority that’s getting first dibs on it. What we are able to publish doesn’t look as good as it used to from all the compromises. Friends in Canada have similar complaints on their paper and wood products.

Might be a universal paper industry thing at the moment.

I agree with your point but please remember that saying shit like

> that self-identifies as a goldfish

Plays right into their dehumanization of trans and non-binary people. Absolutely nobody is claiming their gender is "goldfish", not even goldfish furries.

The sequel was pretty good, too.

Anything that gets too popular for it's own good will get a lot of hate. There's obviously a reason it got so popular in the first place, so now you get people who want to feel smart by hating on it.

And really I don't think Hunger Games gets that much hate compared to some other popular books, like Twilight or RPO. Even Project Hail Mary gets a post calling it horrible for every post there is praising it.

All of Howey’s books are great

Imagine being so insecure that you're afraid of words.