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There has been a steady trickle of new users here today, and in the past little while, mostly due to the bad decisions that reddit is currently making.

Anyways, welcome! Feel free to look around, and if you have any questions about anything lemmy related, feel free to ask!

Also, if you feel up to it, introduce yourself in the comments below!

edit: Here's a nice getting started guide for lemmy: https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/06/11/lemmy-migration-find-subreddits-communities/

i should have added it here a while ago!

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[–] deadly4u@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hey! New Ontarian user here. I'm jumping ship from Reddit before my favorite app loses API access. It's a real shame Reddit went that route.

I'm a software developer by day. I love gaming, sci-fi/fantasy paper/audio books, metal and electronic music.

I hope Reddit suffers a serious exodus. Maybe the secret to ending the cycle of shitty corporate social media is to help with the open source federated approach?

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's your favourite sci-fi era? I'm quite partial to golden age, despite it's many many maaaannnny flaws. Just something about the idea that the author would set Mr Average Joe on an adventure, which he's quite prepared for, because everyone knows how to navigate in space.

[–] deadly4u@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Golden Age, based on your description, seems to fit the description of a lot of my favourite books. I have a hard time picking favourites, so here are a few series, plus a few singles, I absolutely loved:

  • Bobiverse, Dennis E. Taylor
  • Expeditionary Force, Craig Alanson
  • Red Rising, Pierce Brown
  • Foundation, Isaac Asimov
  • The Expanse, James S. A. Corey
  • Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Project Hail Mary & The Martian, Andy Weir
[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

For me its

  • The Martian, and Artemis by Andy Weir
  • Termination Shock by Neil Stephenson
  • 2001, 2010, 2061, 3001 Odyssey series by Arthur C Clarke
  • lots of David Brin
  • lots of Greg Bear
  • One Second After (series) by William Forstchen
  • The Wool Omnibus (series) by Hugh Howey
  • Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey
  • After Sundown by Linda Howard
  • Solar Flare by Larry Burkett
  • etc

I really enjoy books with a solar flare componet due to my being a ham radio op. I also love apocolypse books of nearly any type. Just no zombies as they freak me out