Fraser Simons

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@TravelStoriesYT Haha yes. I haven’t even begun any. But will probably will start with the easy Inherent Vice this year, at some point. Not at the highest excited to read pile though.

@frasersimons Haha - yeah, definitely same here re: classics. Annie Dillard, I've somehow not read, and I've only read one Ali Smith. A stack of unread Pynchon seems to be a necessary component of any library though.

Who are some authors whose books you own a lot of, but haven't read many of? Here are three for me: Vollmann, Murnane, Pynchon. (Currently working on fixing this for the first two.) Bookstacks welcomed, though not required.

I had an absolute rave of a time chatting with the brilliant @Justin_Writer about his wonderful new book, 'Kissing The Lizard'. Not included: the surprisingly detailed detour Justin and I had about Lorraine Kelly. youtu.be/pwUeMI9CrYQ #booktube

@RobotPisani Ah I hadn’t even thought about Casablanca, interesting

@frasersimons It reminded me of seven with the last few minutes paying homage to Casablanca

What is the new Batman movie like? Bruce Wayne gives early Conner Oberst vibes. Aesthetically, Blade Runner 2049 coined “urban snow trash”. This Gotham could be urban rain trash (also with colour story). And then add in post-noir and other elements from Seven. Intelligent & good

come find me in the ribbon

@DarrenBrockes True

I absolutely loved reading the shortlist for the 2021 @BarbellionPrize - 4 stunning books that moved me and challenged how I think. Check it out here: youtu.be/FQRqA45_HGE

A24 sure is killing it these days. I’m not sure I’ve seen a recent trailer of theirs for a movie this year that looked uninteresting.

It's here. 36 Streets, through @TitanBooks (world) and @newsouthpub (Australia) is available now. Publisher's Weekly calls my debut a "Gripping near-future cyberthriller," and Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time) calls it "Quintessential cyberpunk". nappertime.com/36-streets-ava…

Wow. What a trailer for the final season of Killing Eve youtu.be/snVGKwwQB2g

Check out today's #AuthorInterview with @TheEscherMan talking about 36 STREETS, his incredible new cyberpunk novel set in the Old Quarter of Hanoi! Out now in ebook/audiobook from @TitanBooks, with the paperback due next month. Strongly recommended! trackofwords.com/2022/01/25/aut…

I did a review of @TheEscherMan’ excellent new cyberpunk book: 36 Streets, over on my Booktube channel. A written review is forthcoming on @cyberpunkblog. youtu.be/NIpRJSZ_eLQ

@wordbib @BookTubePrize Nervous System is great. Haven’t read the others. And The Brickmakers. I bet it’s gonna be soooo good.

I'm judging for the @BookTubePrize - in this round for translated fiction! Excited to get stuck into these!

@TravelStoriesYT Oh hell yeah, can’t wait to see what you thought of these. I’ve been curious about Mona, but seems polarizing. And then Vita Nostra. We knoooow how I feel about Vita.

Books read in January:

Here are the books I was assigned to judge for the #booktubeprize2022 I signed up for nonfiction, fiction, and translated fiction. I really hope that sometime in the next two rounds I get translated fiction. Looking forward to all except... maybe the book about birds...

Is four years a long time? It is for a little boy.

Let's talk. @slightmisplay is the abusive person finally outed yesterday. I had my big red flags this summer when he went on this unhinged rant about his ex, posting literally every minute for HOURS. I confronted him with a direct @, but didn't make a public post for reasons.

Galaxies in Peril copies starting to drop for international people! Latest update for the boat to the US is Jan 9 port arrival, then on to IPR for fulfillment.