An infinite library implies the existence of infinite Mr. Beast video transcripts.

The Library of Babel

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The moral of this story is to not bully the girl with latent psychic abilities.

CW: discussions of violence, blood, domestic abuse, various sexual stuff, misogyny, religious abuse, and I’m sure other unpleasant things.

Carrie

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I guess books are just video games now.

This week we cover “Dungeon Crawler Carl”, the first book in the best-selling LitRPG series of the same name.

Dungeon Crawler Carl

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That’s right, we read comic books now! Just kidding, it’s called a graphic novel. And this one’s about a bunch of superheroes who aren’t really that super and one blue guy who is TOO super. Get ready for morally grey characters, questionable motives, and a weird spooky pirate story.

Watchmen

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The Greater Good: Analyzing Morality in Watchmen, by Jeffrey Wu

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We finish The Way of Kings and are left with boredomspren floating around our computers.

Plus, we read some one-star Goodreads reviews of The Way of Kings and do a quick overview of the other Stormlight Archive books.

The Way of Kings

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Japanese Whodunnit writer, Seishi Yokomizo:

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Outside, by Brandon Sanderson:

The Most Mormon Magic System, by Liz Busby:

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We embark on The Way of Kings, the first book in Brandon Sanderson’s magnum opus series, The Stormlight Archive.

This book dares to explore such important questions as “what if someone who was good at fighting also had depression?” and “what if big swords but no blood?”

Content warnings: discussion of depression, mentions of suicide

The Way of Kings

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Map of Shattered Plains:

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Kaladin’s New Bridge Strategy:

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Fitz’s story finds a poetic, complex, and bittersweet ending, but all we can talk about are Prince Verity’s cool silver arms. Which begs the question: did Robin Hobb want Prince Verity to eventually become this world’s Silver Surfer?

As usual, we also read a bunch of one-star Goodreads reviews about the book.

Plus, we announce what we’ll be tackling next on the Hardcover Hooligans podcast.

Assassin’s Quest

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Are chronic pain, sadness, social isolation, and the unbearable burden of duty worth it if it means you get abs?

The Hardcover Hiatus is over, and the boys are back to talk about the final sections of Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy.

Assassin’s Quest

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Elderlings in the Stone Garden:

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"Huh?! They're not dead?! And now they're trying to bait me into listening to this announcement by being intentionally omnious and vague?! What the hell?!" – All of you, right now

A quick announcement by Danylo about the future of the podcast.

Our favorite teenage wolf assassin is back, but does this mean he stops getting shafted by everyone and everything in his life? No. But has he learned anything from what he's gone through? Also, no. Will he continue to make questionable decisions about his life? Yes. And we get to read about it.

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Assassin’s Quest

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