outofrange started reading Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
Gnomon is a 2017 science fiction novel by British author Nick Harkaway. The book deals …
Craving fiction, available from my library.
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Reading for sanity, solace, meaning, meandering. Partial to mountains and desert, climate themes, balancing the heavy with the light.
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outofrange wants to read Prisoners of reason by S. M. Amadae
Is capitalism inherently predatory? Must there be winners and losers? Is public interest outdated and …
Intriguing author interview on Your Undivided Attention podcast.
outofrange reviewed The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.
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Sci-fi extinction revenge
4 stars
I'm really enjoying Ray Nayler's speculative ventures into the animal world. I liked the premise guiding this one. It didn't give me any deep insight into the trophy hunter, but captures well the difficult conservation dilemmas they present.
I'm really enjoying Ray Nayler's speculative ventures into the animal world. I liked the premise guiding this one. It didn't give me any deep insight into the trophy hunter, but captures well the difficult conservation dilemmas they present.
outofrange reviewed WEST: Roman by Carys Davies
When widower John Cyrus Bellman learns of colossal animal bones found in Kentucky, he leaves …
A western karmic fantasy
3 stars
This felt much less real to me than Clear, the other Davies book I read recently, but granting some suspension of disbelief is a satisfying story with good characters.
outofrange reviewed Clear by Carys Davies
John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of …
A historical frame of mind
4 stars
Beautiful writing guided me into an unfamiliar state of mind that felt antique in a way I haven't experienced with other historical fiction. Artful.
Beautiful writing guided me into an unfamiliar state of mind that felt antique in a way I haven't experienced with other historical fiction. Artful.
outofrange wants to read Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
There’s a princess trapped in a tower. This isn’t her story.
Meet Toadling. On …
Nice review from @loppear.
outofrange started reading The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.
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Encouraged after The Mountain in the Sea
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia is …
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outofrange reviewed Invisible Rulers by Renee DiResta
An “essential and riveting” (Jonathan Haidt) analysis of the radical shift in the dynamics of …
Influencers demystified
5 stars
The clearest account I've found of how the culture wars work and why social media is such a fertile battleground. I dearly hope the decentralized future she envisions comes to pass.
Some time passed and I returned to this review to add more appreciation of how much this helped me understand my own manufactured reality and others. The problem of living in these realities remains, but understanding more about how they work and where the dangers lurk is a gift.
The clearest account I've found of how the culture wars work and why social media is such a fertile battleground. I dearly hope the decentralized future she envisions comes to pass.
Some time passed and I returned to this review to add more appreciation of how much this helped me understand my own manufactured reality and others. The problem of living in these realities remains, but understanding more about how they work and where the dangers lurk is a gift.
outofrange wants to read Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
An expansion of the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winning story. Arboreality is a finalist …
Good review by @nogoodnik
outofrange reviewed Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #2)
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival …
Octopus scifi should be a genre
4 stars
The combination of familiar and unfamiliar life forms makes for good stories and really interesting ideas. A satisfying sequel, but I may need to give my brain a breather before stretching it further.
outofrange wants to read The Way by Cary Groner
In The Way, Will Collins, the last surviving resident of a Buddhist retreat center in …
Tantalizing review from @SallyStrange
outofrange reviewed Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead
A different flavor of character scifi
4 stars
I was skeptical that I'd have the patience for an epic poem, but I was immediately engaged. Each character has a distinct style, and the verse adds an emotional and metaphorical layer to the narrative. It makes for a softer, dreamier, but perhaps more penetrating story that sings its speculations.
I was skeptical that I'd have the patience for an epic poem, but I was immediately engaged. Each character has a distinct style, and the verse adds an emotional and metaphorical layer to the narrative. It makes for a softer, dreamier, but perhaps more penetrating story that sings its speculations.
outofrange wants to read Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
Enshittification: it’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can …
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outofrange reviewed The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the …
Ode to the octopus
4 stars
All the things I like about scifi: interesting questions and ideas based on current knowledge, good characters enveloped in a gripping story, and a strong sense of wonder at our world despite the suffering that seems inherent in it. The speculative chronology didn't always make sense to me but didn't matter much in the scheme of ideas being explored. Perhaps one day humans will enjoy cephalopod-authored fiction.
All the things I like about scifi: interesting questions and ideas based on current knowledge, good characters enveloped in a gripping story, and a strong sense of wonder at our world despite the suffering that seems inherent in it. The speculative chronology didn't always make sense to me but didn't matter much in the scheme of ideas being explored. Perhaps one day humans will enjoy cephalopod-authored fiction.