u/Natural-Shelter4625

Alright, I just came off a run of really good, but dense and/or heavy books. (There is no Antimemetics Divison, Embassytown, Klara and the Sun plus some heavy non-SF books like The Stranger and Remains of the Day). Some of these were taxing reads while others were easy but just emotionally heavy. I loved them all, honestly, but I need something lighter.

Now I’d like to read something quick, fun, SF. I don’t need it to be devoid of depth, but I’d like it to not be too much of a downer.

Here are some books I’ve read in the past that kinda fit the bill, and that I really enjoyed:

Robot and Monk books by Becky Chambers

A couple Vorkosigan book by Bujold

Ender’s Game by Card (I get that this one has some real depth, but it also reads quick and I loved it.) I’ve read them all. But none of the prequels co-authored by Aaron Johnson. I own a few though.

Children of Time by Tchaikovsky

Wool by Hugh Howey

Ubik by PKD

What do y’all think? Any fun, fast, gripping palate cleansers out there?

When I try to click on my movies or other media, I get the following: "You do not have access to this server."

I have logged out from all devices, changed the password, then logged back in. That didn't work.

Any tips?

I came to this Plex experience without a lot of clarity or intention, and I would guess maybe a lot of people may have done something similar to me. It started just by ripping my DVDs into digital format and storing them on a 1TB usb hard drive. Then I found Plex as a way of accessing them on my TV. This turned into a short obsession of creating a library for myself. But now my little 1TB usb hd is almost full and it's connected to my main Mac computer. I believe my drive is also formatted for MacOS.

So if I wanted to dive into creating a more robust home server with a dedicated computer (perhaps running a linux distro), am I going to have a huge headache transferring all of these files form this external drive to something more permanent? Is there a way to make this upgrade as seamless as possible?

Thanks in advance for any advice y'all might have.