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Definitely the dub. The English voice actors are great, plus everyone speaking Japanese makes no sense given the setting.

www.avasdemon.com/

Isn't Ava's demon that webcomic? I thought it was free.

viewcomic.com

Ever read Thucydides "History of the Peloponnesian Wars"?

Can't say I have

Hmm, I'm not usually a non-fiction kind of guy, but for true history, I can recommend with some degree of confidence:

Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics: Basically an encyclopedia of entertainingly insane people throughout history, very well written, if a bit anglocentric.

An utterly Impartial history of Britain: Humourously written, and pretty self-aware. very popular over here, but might be a bit difficult for someone non-english.

Im actually looking for non-history stuff. Just finished my degree in history, and I'm considering going for my masters. So some fiction or non-historical works would be nice.

Oh radical, in which case, what are you interested in? Just in general I can recommend:

Arcanum by Simon Morden:
In this altered timeline, Rome fell much earlier after they encountered a Germanic tribe with incredibly powerful shamans. Hundreds of years later, and the tribe has risen to replace Rome, ruling the known world by fear of their godlike powers. Some absolute top-notch modern fantasy. Cool premise, engaging plot, believable characters, maybe a little heavy, especially if you're not that into fantasy.

Wool by Hugh Howey:
Cool dystopian novel, set in a giant underground silo full of people after some unspecified and mysterious disaster has rendered the surface uninhabitable. Their only view of the outside is through cameras on the top floor, and when someone is sentenced to death, their last task is to clean the lenses. Follows several characters all trying to unravel vague and terrifying conspiracies within the silo. The first properly engaging thriller I've read in a long-time, with a bit of light sci-fi if you're into that kind of thing. The sequels are pretty great too.

Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson:
A bit of non-fiction to round this one off, this follows one Canadian guy's experience travelling the length of Japan by hitchhiking, and the people he meets along the way. Honestly the best travel book I've read, hilarious at times, moving at others, and a pretty great insight into life in modern(ish) Japan, especially parts that you don't really see represented in other media.

Not even gonna lie: SoIaF is way overrated and so is GoT.

I read them and I like them. But they´re really not anywhere closely as good as people make them out to be.

I enjoyed them. There's not a lot of books I can pick up and not put it down.

Probably a good book.

I can't say I've read it, but isn't that the Burroughs and Kerouac novel thats based on Lucien Carr?

Yessiree. There's an afterword that explains the whole situation and process and timeline of the murder, its effect, and their careers (meaning Kerouac and Borroughs).

Sounds like an interesting read. I know it wasn't published until like 2010 or something like that, and its been something I've been meaning to get around to for a little bit now. Its nice to see a good opinion of it. Not that I've seen any bad ones really, I just haven't looked much into it despite wanting to read it.

It was certainly an interesting glimpse into another era. The detachment of the narrators is something I really don't see in most of the stuff I read so it was refreshing and jarring as well.

Fuck you and your Percy Jackson, Anansi Boys or American gods is hands down the best.

What's American Gods?

Neil Gaiman, probably the biggest name in modern Fantasy that isn't 70 and fat, wrote a book with the premise that gods arise from our belief, not the other way around. It takes place in America, and follows a man named Shadow who, along with the old gods, fights the new american gods based off things like greed, celebrity and drugs. It's fucking fantatic and Anansi boys is more or less a percy Jackson like premise by the same guy, but the main character is the son of Anansi, the African spider god.

Cool, I'll need to check them out!

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