"Autistic" things you do.

Self service tills - only use the ones that face the right way. The others are... wrong! 

Don't ask me why, they just are.  

which of his are most memorable for you. For me it would be the Mongoliad, the baroque cycel coming in a close second. He is so informative, exciting, expert pacing and character development.. Reamde was lots of fun too..

No, I never got round to reading Benford although I was aware of him. I have read most of Stephenson’s work though.

read 'em all, friend! He is a singular unique voice.

Have you ever read the Gregory Benford's "Galactic Center Saga"? It through this series I came to Iaian M Banks. and then later Neil Stephenson, Alastair Reynolds..

My user name here is a misspelling of something from Reynold’s revelation space novels.

Iain M Banks is my favourite author. I was gutted when he died. The culture series is amazing. You should also try his Against a Dark Background and Feersum Endjinn.

Hi Pixel

i do exactly the same as I suffer ocd. Anything to do with my work, tidying up at home but also interestingly I have this thing with time. I will when under pressure to be somewhere I will try and get every task at home done before I leave, it’s impossible and coupled with asd this destroys me even before I get out the door. Do you feel sometimes that the ocd can work against the asd?? 

Paying a lot of attention to specific details while leaving others untouched; nothing like doing on-the-spot internet research, I guess. There's also pacing around rooms (I noticed that I've been doing that a lot recently in my home) and walking around aimlessly (Stairs have to be the evilest invention man has created) and going deep into internet rabbit holes that satisfies my curiosities. All while being distracted from things—especially the last one.

I have 17 of the same dress. no others.

Hi Paper, I'm rereading a Km Stanley Robinson book, NYC under water. after that I think I want to read something really different: Ambrose Bierce. I hope I cna find them in audio. 

I can be either and cant' tell which it will be until I get (what I think) is feed back one way or the other. If it's prose and poetry then thats different kettle o' fish.

Apparently, I neigh like a horse.

I buy variations on a theme clothing. Same brand, same style, different colours. Makes it easier if the thing fits.

If i am in the car, and music comes on the mp3 player that I feel would be judged "uncool" (sea shanties....) I turn it down, which I assume is masking.

I love flat-pack furniture, especially IKEA. There is something incredibly joyous about it. It's like solving a puzzle and the diagrams in the instructions are like a millions words distilled into a single image. If I had a dream job it would be assembling ikea furniture.

I am exactly the same.

i write walls and walls of texts rambles and rants randomly all over the place lol
i think ive been pretty tame and super short written on this site though so i guess its only certain places i just spew out random data.

this then makes people who see it think id be super sociable and talky in person but then if they saw me in person im super quiet and short in words, simple basic single word responses, yes, no, fine, ok, what, maybe. although suppose the data spew is because my mind is likely overworking and loud and has many thoughts and never shuts up so then i can just dump million word essays anywhere any time randomly online about anything. likely compensating for not saying anything in person... although i likely wouldnt be able to say things in person if i tried to dump that way, as verbal communication is primitive and inefficient, to get my mind out truly would require telepathy but then i suppose everyone would want to block my mind as it will be too loud and all over the place for them and would telepathically overload them with data lol.... i suppose this is a good thing though as our brains are basically computers meant to store data, the more data running through it and active the more better your brain is working.... well maybe, presumably... my memory can be ***, like how im always having to go back to the locker room after i had my break to see if i left my mobile on the floor and if i actually put it in my bag and locked the locker as i cant remember doing those mundane simple acts.

So familiar. My bus was late one day and so I got to the gym late (already got the jaggies from that). I got to gym class and someone had taken my spot and I just couldn't, I just couldn't. I took it out on nautilus instead.  

Went for my monthly haircut today. The barber was 15 minutes late for my appointment so I was completely frazzled before he even cut my hair. Once it was done I went to pay and the person at the till was making small talk, wishing me a merry Christmas and telling me they’ll see me next time.

I could only manage a one word response. “Yes”

Another thing I do which I'm thinking might be an autistic thing is owning loads of things that are matching colours.

That was really kind of you and I'm sure it meant so much to her being accepted like that and not questioned or judged.

they get better and better as you go along the first 2 he wrote when he was quite young and they are excessively violent. I love them. especially Look to Windward and, Hydrogen sonata

you are in for a treat.

another great space opera saga is gregory Benford's Galactic center saga. I loved those.