cblgh started reading The Peripheral by William Gibson
Depending on her veteran brother's benefits in a city where jobs outside the drug trade …
slowly re-reading a favourite, which feels oddly cosy given the uhhh source material
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cblgh rated The Grief of Stones: 5 stars
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct sequel …
cblgh commented on The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor #2)
A standalone novel in the fantastic world of Katherine Addison's award-winning The Goblin Emperor.
When …
this is so good, addison's a fantastic writer eh?
cblgh started reading Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon brings us to New York in the early days of the internet
It …
slowly starting this in jet-lag comedown mode (typically pass out within 3 sentences X)
cblgh reviewed A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
Queer solarpunk first-contact sci-fi
4 stars
As the title says: queer solarpunk first-contact sci-fi!
Recommended for anyone that liked:
- the first book of the Wanderer series by Becky Chambers
- for anyone solar-curious
- for nerds with kids
- for nerds without kids
- for fans of peer-to-peer mesh networks (yes, really)
It definitely has some weird bits, not necessarily in a negative sense. I enjoyed this a bunch and kept telling people about during my travels in the past weeks—so that's probably a better recommendation indicator than anything!
The author even coined a potential subgenre in describing the book: diaperpunk!
cblgh commented on Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
From helpless slave to beloved son to aspiring merchant to prodigal heir, Citizen of the …
this is kinda dragging on, might drop it
cblgh wants to read Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
In this alternative version of J.K. Rowling's famous tale, Petunia Evans marries the biochemist Michael …
had this recommended—not sure if i'll read or not! opinions really very welcome
cblgh started reading Upgrade by Blake Crouch
“You are the next step in human evolution.”
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if …
started reading yesterday while camping out an airport for an early flight
cblgh commented on Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter is a science fiction thriller novel by American writer Blake Crouch, first published …
it gets better approximately 30% (100 pages) in—i feel inclined to make the controversial suggestion that some readers could skip right there and have a more enjoyable experience by puzzling together some of what had already happened
cblgh commented on Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter is a science fiction thriller novel by American writer Blake Crouch, first published …
started reading this yesterday. the prose isn't great and it's written like the author anticipates it being picked up for a movie
cblgh reviewed Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON made its first appearance as a short story which was rapidly and …
Flowers for Algernon
4 stars
Goodness gracious. So many themes are touched on in this book, and I think I'll be haunted for some time to come by the ideas raised.
I'm a sucker for both an epistolary-style novel (which this classifies as, given the diary format) and the bildungsroman genre which I can also see reflected in the type of story it is, albeit not perfectly—so if either of those butter your biscuits well dangit bring out the tea cause these biscuits are ready to be eaten, buttered and all!!
Recommended read for many reasons, and not only because it's hard to let go of once started.
cblgh commented on The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal …
started on this proper yesterday while seeking shelter from the heat in my hammock in the park!
cblgh finished reading Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as …
Oh, tree! Eat the fish!
cblgh finished reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
so
good
cblgh commented on Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
yo this rocks. falls very much into the same category as the Baru Cormorant books + the Teixcalaan series for me; empire critiques, explorations of cultures, alongside an undercurrent of revenge