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What are some good, 'easy reads'? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by wildeaboutoskar@beehaw.org to c/literature@beehaw.org

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What do you read when you're struggling to read what you usually read?

Or to put it another way, what's your junk food/comfort read?

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[–] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

I usually go to short stories, or old sword and sorcery novellas. For the former my go to stories are Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Robert E Howard's Conan, and Isaac Asimov's Robots. For the latter I prefer Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, and Jack Vance's Dying Earth. If I'm feeling uninspired or experiencing a block, knocking out a few of these stories always sets me straight. They take next to no time to read and are great fun. I don't get tired of rereading them.