Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
He/Him, central Canada. Read sloppily, read fast. You can always come back to it again.
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From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
Lucy Cook has pended an wide ranging critique of the sexist myths that have led biologists to mischaracterize and ignore diversity of female animals. She covers a wide variety of creatures with fascinating behaviours and physiologies, forgrounding the researchers who study them.
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
The Virginian property owners who prevented the baptism of slaves in the late seventeenth century, so as not to spoil the spirit of submission and to avoid the emergence of a sense of pride in them because they belonged to the same religious community as the masters, provoked complaints from Church and Crown alike.145 Once again, we see that it was the forces of the ancien régime which acted to check and contain the novelty represented by racial slavery.
— Liberalism by Domenico Losurdo (Page 34)
Addison does a wonderful job of world building. The slice of life moments in particular are great and Pel-Thenhior, the goblin director/composer is wonderful. Unfortunately the book has far too many subplots to give any of them the attention they deserve. There were also weird pacing issues and characters seem to do things so that reveals happen at the right time rather than for any organic or logical reason.
A standalone novel in the fantastic world of Katherine Addison's award-winning The Goblin Emperor.
When young half-goblin emperor Maia sought …
A standalone novel in the fantastic world of Katherine Addison's award-winning The Goblin Emperor.
When young half-goblin emperor Maia sought …
The pieces must be able to coordinate with the Pawn structure. After all, what use is a body without a soul?
— Simple Chess by Michael Stean (Page 38)
The moral behind this trilogy of games should be clear: Look after your Pawns and your pieces will look after themselves.
— Simple Chess by Michael Stean (Page 16)
Finished the introduction. On to chapter 2: Outposts
Who tampered with the elevator?
The mundane job of elevator inspection becomes a mysterious tale of intrigue. Whitehead weaves a …
Some dogs need a little help.Some dogs are afraid, or excited, or reactive. Dogs that "don't listen" and "go crazy" …