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@fionnain You might like "Naturekind" bookwyrm.social/book/2135249/s/naturekind
I've only started it, but I find it inspiring. It's academic (which is probably good given your review) but readable!
@fionnain You might like "Naturekind" bookwyrm.social/book/2135249/s/naturekind
I've only started it, but I find it inspiring. It's academic (which is probably good given your review) but readable!
From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions an Earth where humans are …
The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the …
The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the …
A neuroscientist’s guide to boosting your brain health by living a more connected life, and thriving in a post-interaction world
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. …
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
This was a hard rating to find. In its best moments, this book is brilliant and deeply moving and cute and funny. But unfortunately, it is for the most part idea driven, and while a lot of those ideas are good and important to be in SciFi, they also make most of the narrative very tedious and wooden. I was still going for 4 stars, but then realized my biggest qualm: People place Emrys as the new LeGuin, but she most emphatically is not. LeGuin presented her ideas and then immediately let the story break them and show what could go wrong. And though Emry's idea of eco-anarchist communities moderated by clever technology is fantastic, she puts it on a pedestal and breaks narrative integrity to keep it squeaky clean. Also, the glorification of religious nonsense is almost grotesque in comparison to the embrace of diversity and standing up to …
This was a hard rating to find. In its best moments, this book is brilliant and deeply moving and cute and funny. But unfortunately, it is for the most part idea driven, and while a lot of those ideas are good and important to be in SciFi, they also make most of the narrative very tedious and wooden. I was still going for 4 stars, but then realized my biggest qualm: People place Emrys as the new LeGuin, but she most emphatically is not. LeGuin presented her ideas and then immediately let the story break them and show what could go wrong. And though Emry's idea of eco-anarchist communities moderated by clever technology is fantastic, she puts it on a pedestal and breaks narrative integrity to keep it squeaky clean. Also, the glorification of religious nonsense is almost grotesque in comparison to the embrace of diversity and standing up to power and control the rest of the book presents.
Mit blinkenden Warnlichtern fährt die Erzählerin, eine namenlose Schriftstellerin, an den Straßenrand, als ein unerwarteter Anruf sie erreicht. Am Apparat …
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. …
Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents …
Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents …
The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the …
