Meljoann started reading Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Needed something dystopian and witty, and started to read it while I was on the train to London, for a really weird software research nixer. I love this already.
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Mostly literary & experimental fiction, and sci-fi.
My memory is terrible. Let’s see if this account helps me remember what I’ve actually read!
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Meljoann finished reading Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes
If you need more joyful, funny, life-affirming sci-fi in your life, I can highly recommend this one. It’s got:
- space mercs
- cool aliens
- psychic cats
I’m going to need to read everything Valdes has ever written, now.
Meljoann rated Prime Deceptions: 5 stars
Content warning Spoiler & a political observation
The blurb on the back referenced something about the dark days of communism. However, the main character is clearly happy about the revolution — her society supports her art to the extent she can buy her own house… with cash. The book doesn’t really discuss negative experiences of communism at all. While I read the book to learn about people’s inner lives and experiences in the Soviet era, I found it interesting that the publisher almost felt the need to put this ‘disclaimer’ on the back. Felt kinda exegesis-ish.
Meljoann finished reading The Fawn by Magda Szabó
A successful communist actor survives poverty and war in 1950s Hungary. She fixates her traumatic resentments on an a figure from her childhood.