[–] 8 points 11 months ago

Wow, I had not realized there were millions of litres of radioactive sludge that needed to be dealt with... but on the other hand, it sounds like they didn't either due to all of the secrecy.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I don't know, I think it offer the incredibly valuable life lesson that the secret to being happy is to convince a publisher to give you a $200,000 advance to spend on "spiritual and personal exploration" so that you don't have to get a real job.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    The worst part was that there were references to cool things that he'd find in the tower once he got there, such as music that was enjoyed by people on a particular floor, and then

    spoiler (but please do read this so that it robs you of any desire to read the series)Stephen King had the last book end with a time loop going back to the first book like a coward.

    I dragged myself through the last couple of books to find out what was in that stupid tower and was so incredibly disappointed...

    (I will say, though, that, the city of people who used their psychic powers to destroy the Universe because someone was going to destroy it anyway so it might as well be them because the job paid really well was pretty apt, though!)

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