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Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved …
the latter acts are definitely dragging on the farther along i get, think i might be best off in binging the end & moving onto new material
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved …
starts promising, hope it continues along this track :>
Short stories which depict worlds full of scientific advancement, genetic and surgical modifications of people, …
had already read the good shorts it looks like! moving on
Short stories which depict worlds full of scientific advancement, genetic and surgical modifications of people, …
already read quite a few of the shorts in this (they're in Schismatrix Plus), and I once read Green Days In Brunei, but looking forward to the rest :>
From the subversive to the antic, the uproarious to the disturbing, the stories of Bruce …
Solid! Bruce Sterling's quite fun when he gets his engines going in the right direction.
The later shorts are all in the same universe and tie in together with cross-over characters; I enjoyed them immensely. That is: Deep Eddy (the concept of the Wende!), Bicycle Repairman (v good), and Taklamakan (climbing-focused sci-fi, v good).
Weakest of the collection was Sacred Cow; it didn't do anything for me.
The islands of Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, are closer to the Arctic …
came across this as a reference to one of the papers i was reading from the Computing within LIMITS conference; seems super intriguing
From the subversive to the antic, the uproarious to the disturbing, the stories of Bruce …
enjoying this one :> first two shorts have been solid and entertaining. perfect book to relieve a spat of reading longer & at-times slightly intense books
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, …
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an …
saw this on a friend's year end review, mentioned as the »probably» best book he had read that year. want to give it a try, tho i bounced pretty hard off strange & mr norrell on a purely prose-level
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
the first half of the first sentence of the description has me HOOKED
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen …
Maia, the youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, …
Content warning mild spoilies on general theme
this book was an excellent traveling companion!
i loved the style of the narrative, avoiding forced plot events in preference of exploring the social setting and all of the (inner) world-building. exactly the kind of depth i was hoping for after going exiting an extended period of adrian tchaikovski novels—sorry adrian! yv'e got great ideas, but surface-level treatment at times
really enjoyed the general premise (growing into unwanted power), the character interactions, and the confusion i felt regarding all the courtiers and their names and origins.
Maia, the youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, …
i'm only in the very very beginning, but just me or is maia seeming sus?? you got plans lil gobbo?
let's see
Seit langem wusste Mathew Sobol, Computergenie und einer der reichsten Männer des Silicon Valley, dass …
Reads like a mix between Accelerando and one of Gibson's later novels—at times. Suddenly misogynistic at times, liable to make most readers sigh. It's interesting to read almost 20 years after its initial inception; there's something fascinating about the view of tech from the mid aughties that was watered down in the platform days of the 2010s.
Lots of interesting ideas, with parallels to today's weird-ass technological climate. Recommended for sci-fi nerds with a tech-bent, I'd say.
Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine as they take off around the world in search …
the perfect soundtrack for this book is this concept album consisting of sampled sounds from endangered or extinct species
alakebythemoon.bandcamp.com/album/life-in-warp
"Life in Warp" is my debut album. Every sound (like literally every sound, every kick, synth, etc) you hear in the record was created from field recordings of living beings that have been endangered since the beginning of the Anthropocene.