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Ross

MightyRedPanda@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 years ago

Software developer who loves a bunch of different genres, including space opera sci-fi, theology & the mystics, American history & politics, horror, and more.

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Ross's books

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China Miéville: Perdido Street Station (2003, Del Rey/Ballantine Books)

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid …

I don't have enough words to describe this book

Weird urbanist steampunk grim horror fantasy; it's pretty incredible.

Peter Heller: The Guide (Hardcover, 2021, Knopf)

Get lost in the woods

I really enjoyed how immersive Heller gets with describing the setting. I've visited Colorado a couple of times, and this made me want to be back there so much. The plot was a bit compressed. I don't often feel like a book should be longer, but this one could have done with a little more fleshing out towards the end.