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Charley Whedon (0 KP) rated Depression & Other Magic Tricks in Books

Oct 16, 2017

Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Sabrina Benaim | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

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Like it was suggested on reviews on that back, this book helps you when you can't get out of bed. I felt less alone while reading this, like a friend who knew what was going on sat next to me.

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Charley Whedon (0 KP) rated The Princess Saves Herself in This One in Books

Oct 16, 2017 (Updated Oct 16, 2017)

Plenty of inspiration in these pages. Suggested for anyone going through grief, there are beautiful poems about death I found helpful in my healing.

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Oct 16, 2017 (Updated Oct 16, 2017)

Amazon isn't about to let Netflix have all the fun when it comes to making superb original television series – and it's already given its Prime subscribers some award-winning stuff to stream.

Here are just a few:

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Stuff's Top Amazon Original Shows 2017

This is Stuff's favourite picks from Amazon’s homegrown crop of TV shows:

Just Add Magic - Season 1

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An Amazon Originals Series - (For children ages 6-11) - Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and...

Betas - Season 1

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An Amazon Originals Series - In Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And four...

Bosch - Season 1

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Amazon Original: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling book series, Bosch (Titus Welliver), an...

Red Oaks - Season 1

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An Amazon Originals Series - A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s about a college student...

Ripper Street - Season 1

9.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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All eight episodes of the TV drama series starring Matthew Macfadyen as a detective trying to...

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated 2001: A Space Odyssey in Books

Oct 16, 2017

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke | 1968 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

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The godfather of science fiction

Arthur C. Clarke's vision of a dystopian world, where technology has advanced to frightening levels, is how science fiction was really born in my opinion. Writing this book whilst working with Stanley Kubrick on the film makes it a good accompaniment, if not even better, because of the amount of detail into each facet.

But the main element is the eeriness which HAL brings to the book. At times you think the isolation is making the protagonist Dr Bowman hallucinate, and at times you think the machine really has become self-aware. No one can forget that epic monolith, and the symbolism that it brings - is it a metaphor for God or something much larger than oneself? The final chapter haunts me to this day.

There are a few obvious changes such as when Bowman visits Saturn rather than Jupiter, which Clarke explains is because of what could be feasibly built on set. So for fans of the film, definitely read the book.

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Oct 16, 2017

I've got subscriptions to too many streaming services and I literally haven't made a dent thanks to all the reading. But this is a good place to start.

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Stuff's Top Amazon Original Shows 2017

This is Stuff's favourite picks from Amazon’s homegrown crop of TV shows:

Just Add Magic - Season 1

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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An Amazon Originals Series - (For children ages 6-11) - Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and...

Betas - Season 1

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An Amazon Originals Series - In Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And four...

Bosch - Season 1

8.8 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Amazon Original: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling book series, Bosch (Titus Welliver), an...

Red Oaks - Season 1

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An Amazon Originals Series - A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s about a college student...

Ripper Street - Season 1

9.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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All eight episodes of the TV drama series starring Matthew Macfadyen as a detective trying to...

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Oct 16, 2017

Microsoft has announced over 100 titles that will natively support the latest iteration of the Xbox One - the XBox One X due out in the next few weeks.

Many popular titles will see small performance improvements automatically–similar to the PS4 Pro’s Boost Mode. So watch this space:

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New Games Enhanced for the Xbox One X

We’re only about a month away from the Xbox One X‘s launch, so now’s a good time to start stocking up on games that will actually take advantage of the new hardware.