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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ -

Though even the update seems out of date now (2015), Solnit's grasp of the breadth of narratives outside of our vision & our obsessiveness with some despairing ones is a healthy and needed perspective.

https://youtu.be/F7TxtHDFMyc

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ -

I've read several of Gautier's works, but individual poems & tales, never a collection. And yet this has been on my digital shelf for quite a while--let's see if I can find a new take on his art for "art's sake."

A great reminder that reviews don't have to be super involved and detailed to be effective. By the way, "8" and its story singles now have well over 50 positive ratings on Goodreads from all sorts of readers. Why not give them a try today?

https://amazon.com/author/michaelshotter

@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks @bookstodon

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—บ: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐˜‡๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ -

Krznaric's quick efficient philosophy is nonetheless valuable insight into how a translation error has been unethically turned upon us all.

https://youtu.be/G92mTiG4HgQ

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—š๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ: ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—. ๐— . ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฒ -

Yes, Coetzee's essays on the debate are now 30 years past (How???), but he has never failed to offer fresh and thoughtful approaches to social problems, even when I disagree where he lands. Worth the time, I suspect!

Schild’s Ladder

It’s been a while since I’ve read a Greg Egan book. I often love the ideas he explores, particularly in Diaspora. But I sometimes find his stories difficult to get through. That was definitely true of a previous book I read, Incandescence, which takes place in the setting of an interesting interstellar civilization. But the story seems to slide into a thinly veiled tutorial on general relativity.

I had heard that Schild’s Ladder was one of his more accessible works, but held off reading it until now. I’m glad I did. A decade ago a substantial portion would have been unintelligible. Today I know enough about quantum mechanics to follow many of the discussions and tactics used in the book. But I’m not sure the average reader would find this book that accessible. It doesn’t get into the math (although there are a few diagrams), โ€ฆ

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—œ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ -

DeLillo's work drags a reclusive and idealistic artist into the global politics he speaks to and lives against. Setting up to be a devastating story.

https://youtu.be/o4Ywv37gY_w

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐——๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ" (๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ) ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ข๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ฎ -

A child sacrificed to 48 demons returns to reclaim, rebuild, and revenge, all while "aided" by an elusive child thief, Dororo. What is going on here? I've been told I must find out!