i read a lot of science fiction but also a lot of other random stuff. libraries are good. i also like the little free variety of library, used bookstores, & the high seas. he/him
my fake and arbitrary rating system: - 5 stars: good. i recommend it - 4 stars: fine, but not entirely my cup of tea - 3 stars: not good, but with some redeeming qualities that might make it worth reading - 2 stars: bad, with a few redeeming qualities - 1 star: horrible
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this is the kind of book that takes itself and puts itself back together again. it's full of john darnielle's typical preoccupation with small towns, houses, people, & the small details of people's lives. the kind of writing you can smell the asphalt from. i listened to the audiobook, so i got to hear john darnielle read his work out loud, which of course suits the text perfectly.
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, …
In a small boat o’er ten thousand miles of misty waves I lean to the silent, single sail, Circled by sounds of the mermaid-fish. My mind cleansed, my care purged, here lacks wealth or fame; Leisurely I pick stems of bulrushes and reeds.
Counting the seagulls is pleasure to be told! At willowed banks and reeded bays My wife and son join my joyous laugh. I sleep most soundly as wind and wave recede; No shame, no glory, nor any misery.
— The Journey to the West Volume I by Anthony C. Yu, Wu Cheng'en (Page 231)
For his contribution, Derrick meditated a moment on the things that make people afraid to enter a place. In his literature class, when they did Edgar Allan Poe, they spent almost the whole time talking about fear of the unknown; to him this was a sort of training-wheels fear. The unknown is too vast and shapeless to be a threat. To Derrick, harm, the prospect of it, was the deciding quantity: the possibility that something inside will hurt you. That’s the stuff that makes you cross the street to avoid a house. It’s the chance that there’s something inside that might leave a mark on you. You’d be even more scared if you knew what it was.
— Devil House by John Darnielle (Page 221 - 222)
Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy …
it's not very different from most other discworld books, but that's not really a bad thing. it's about witches and vampires and a hapless priest.
Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by English writer Terry …
Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by English writer Terry …
This celebration of Chinese Science Fiction — thirteen stories, all translated for the first time …
For various reasons, it took me a long time to finish, (which is fine with a short story collection), but eventually I did, and I'm glad. I enjoyed a lot of these stories.
This celebration of Chinese Science Fiction — thirteen stories, all translated for the first time into English — represents a …
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, …
[Jade Emperor voice] There's no way that a monkey could cause any trouble tending the magic peach orchard. It just seems unlikely
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, …
Currently this book is a power fantasy about being able to say "fuck you" to bureaucrats
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, …
Content warning sex related
I believe I've heard about this area of Daoist belief before, but it was still surprising when this Patriarch character more or less said "you can gain magic powers through semen retention"
This celebration of Chinese Science Fiction — thirteen stories, all translated for the first time …
hmm i still have this on my "currently reading" list huh. I should get it from the library again and finish it, it was a pretty good collection
