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reviewed A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #2)

Becky Chambers: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Hardcover, 2022, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) …

What do humans need?

An examination of what societal rules are built upon in the most philosophical meaning of the question. Of being equal, but allowing inequality because each of us persists in a specific moment that is different than that of the other.

And oh how solarpunk is a perfect fit to examine this question.

reviewed A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)

Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (EBook, 2021, Tom Doherty Associates)

It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …

A short inspirational tale

An insightful look into a world that could be, our realtionship wifh the non human world, and of course the reason why to exist. Felt a bit too typically solarpunk at its weakest moments and inspirational in its best.

reviewed Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

George Orwell: Homage to Catalonia (Paperback, 2013, Penguin Classic)

[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil …

An evocative account

very good, and trully a HOMAGE! I read the slovenian translation which was good and enjoyed Orwells witty and evokatice descriptions of the war. As much as one can enjoy the topics of leftist infighting and war that is.

finished reading Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

George Orwell: Homage to Catalonia (Paperback, 2013, Penguin Classic)

[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil …

very good, and trully a HOMAGE! I read the slovenian translation which was good and enjoyed Orwells witty and evokatice descriptions of the war. As much as one can enjoy the topics of leftist infighting and war that is.

finished reading Amerika by Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka: Amerika (2004, New Directions Books)

took me a while to read it, i hit a rather hard part around 65% of the book where stuff got too "kafkaesque" for me to follow. However the last stretch of the book was really amazing. The whole story is told through the eyes of someone who is insanely autistic and thinks that everything needs to follow a set system.

finished reading A short history of the Middle East by Gordon Kerr

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Gordon Kerr: A short history of the Middle East (2016, Pocket essentials)

Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of …

Felt like a well condensed overview that gave me a broader understanding of the region. Surely things get lost when writing such a condensed series of events, but especially noting the focus on Plaestine-Israel and Syria i found the omission of Nakba or Rojava slightly odd.

The author tires to be politically neutral, something I dont believe in and their tendencies toward our western way of life show.

started reading A short history of the Middle East by Gordon Kerr

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Gordon Kerr: A short history of the Middle East (2016, Pocket essentials)

Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of …

A very concise history of the middle east, starts with mesopotamia. I'm currently around the middle of thr ottoman empire 1/3 through the book. It looks like a lot of focus will be put into 19th and 20th century which im glad about as I want to understand that contemporary history of the region better.

Written by a Scott from, what he seems to acknowledge, a Eurocentric point of view. He also acknowledges the whole concept of the middle east being Eurocentric which I'm happy to see in the book.