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Continually impressed how Le Guin develops such a rich, alien culture and immerses us in that worldview. And then, when we come up for air, we know exactly what she’s talking about on our world.

Yeah, Avatar wishes it could be this emotionally moving and poignant.

I love Le Guin’s fascination with how cultures and planets tell time. Such a foundational construct that touches every part of life. But the worlds shes conjures are mere artifice for the meat of her stories—embodied characters with absorbing emotional journeys. I’ve never felt so drawn into individuals’ internal landscapes.

Increasingly, I realize that Area X is an experience best visualized for me. VanderMeer uses so many words to describe the indescribable, with great skill, but it's all a rich loam begging to cultivate a visually stunning film experience. In prose alone, this ended as a ponderous exercise. I hope there's a future for movies based on this series beyond Annihilation.

🥲 What a beautiful epilogue. Loved my journey through Earthsea.

Fantastic. Would love to see this adapted to film. Would make a very interesting unofficial trilogy with Paprika and Inception.

Incredible. So much texture added to the world of Earthsea with this anthology. I love this series so much.

Glad I finally read the source material that birthed the greatest animation of all time. And now I’m even more impressed how the movie condensed this sprawling manga series. Impressive illustration. Still mysterious despite containing far more information than the movie. Kaneda is the most underpowered protagonist of all time. Even the whole power of the universe can barely handle an oblivious hothead.

I listened to the audiobook in one go during a road trip. I’m in awe of this addition to the tapestry of EarthSea. Subversive yet true to the characters we’ve followed in The Farthest Shore and The Tombs of Atuan. Beautiful and earnest. I love this fantasy world.

I loved this. An interesting and thoroughly considered spin on vampiric culture. Expertly drew me into an alien mind and experience.

Wild imagery. I love Tsutomu Nihei’s illustration. But the story is rather ambiguous (I had to look up a synopsis after finishing to confirm what was going on), though I feel it makes up for this with Mood.

I’m still processing this. Read it forever ago in middle or high school. Felt Lewis had gone to another level and left me behind. This reading has been incredibly emotional as I am now. His greatest literary work.

Listened to the audiobook this time around. I remember when I read it as a child I found it to be creepy and foreboding. And I still think it is this but also find the opening to be pretty boring and many conversations go way too long. Then I’m impressed that the story is delivered exclusively through journals, letters and logs, and how the action scenes are beautifully and evocatively described. And then think, “this is rather sexist” despite all the characters being endearing. It’s a mixed bag, and old, and I’m glad I revisited it.

Interesting regarding its contribution to literary vampire lore, but not a favorite read.

Some mysteries from the previous books are illuminated only to reveal that much more shadow. Yet, these questions only fall away. Their answers don’t matter. They are inevitable whether know or unknown. Surrender is the only solution because the enemy is made up.