hexarchate stopped reading A Long Way from Douala
ehh not feeling the prose
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hexarchate finished reading Dragon's egg by Robert L. Forward
In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent …
pretty cute! i liked the concept. pretty funny that nobody at any point questions the ethics of just infodumping the entirety of human knowledge on a sentient alien species very early on in their society. prime directive??? never heard of it
hexarchate finished reading Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
hexarchate finished reading The Einstein intersection by Samuel R. Delany
The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, …
i have noooo idea what i just read. i liked it tho
hexarchate finished reading Horror noire by Robin R. Means Coleman
this was such a good book! i think even people who aren't fans of horror or movies in general should read it, it's very insightful. the choices made early in the history of movies have had lasting impact not just on movies but on all media going forward, an influences that continue to exist regardless of whether we know about or acknowledge them
as coleman says: "The impact of these racist scenes housed in one of America’s most technologically important films is a wicked bell that cannot be unrung"
hexarchate finished reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
One of Vonnegut's major works, a young writer decides to interview the children of a …
this was my least favorite vonnegut book i've read so far. i'm kind of surprised that this is the one that's been so heavily lauded
hexarchate finished reading One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve by M. Shaw
this was supposed to be horror but it was mostly just sad. not bad, though!
hexarchate finished reading Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one …
i'd tried to read rosewater before and didn't finish it. while i finished this one, i think i might just not be a particular fan of thompson's writing. some interesting concepts, though
hexarchate finished reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
hexarchate started reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
hexarchate finished reading The ruins by Smith, Scott
Two American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in …
forgot to mark as finished. anyway it sucked
hexarchate finished reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow, #1)
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto …
i have a lot of MAJOR problems with this book (and the reader's guide at the end...eugh) but the parts that hit, hit hard. made me cry a lot
hexarchate started reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow, #1)
In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto …
wait holy shit this is from 1997?? absolutely thought it was from at least a good decade later.
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Content warning spoilers also just gross
jeff is like. we're gonna have to drink our own piss to live bc we have no water. but then it rained so he was like fine. no piss then. can we at least cannibalize my dead girlfriend???