jonathan.brodsky rated The Tombs of Atuan: 5 stars
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken …
Great as well
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jonathan.brodsky finished reading The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of …
jonathan.brodsky rated A Wizard of Earthsea: 5 stars
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to …
jonathan.brodsky finished reading A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
I love this book
jonathan.brodsky finished reading Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
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no. Not going to finish or revisit. I don't like neil gaiman anymore. possibly because of his youtube masterclass ads.
jonathan.brodsky finished reading The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
Another one that I think I'll just get back to eventually. Moving it off this list for now. I should probably read some other lem? This one feels particularly weird.
jonathan.brodsky finished reading She weeps each time you're born by Quan Barry
A young girl born under mysterious circumstances a few years before the reunification of Vietnam …
Not going to actually finish reading this. I did enjoy what I read of it though.
jonathan.brodsky reviewed The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
more good post collapse YA
4 stars
I enjoyed this one slightly more than the first, since it didn't so quickly unwind into YA tropes. It did, however seem to delight in the details of civil war, child soldiers, and total failed states.
jonathan.brodsky finished reading Ship breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a …
This was pretty good! It fits in quite well with his windup girl / water knife set, but with more YA fabric to hang the rest of the story on. It feel more optimistic about climate change than the setting might let on.
jonathan.brodsky reviewed Agency by William Gibson
They call Verity 'the app-whisperer,' and she's just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called …
its neuromancer 2
4 stars
Its interesting to see gibson circle back on his hit - this is very similar to neuromancer, but more grounded, and somehow set last year, or a few years ago even.
There is a minor grandpa vibes developing too. I don't think gibsons politics are bad, they just feel more visibly centrist than they were in the past.
jonathan.brodsky reviewed The Vorrh by B. Catling
"The Vorrh follows a brilliant cast of characters through a parallel Africa where fact, fiction, …
Good
4 stars
I enjoyed this.
I had difficulty following the specific plots, particularly the points it was making about colonialism, but I really liked the texture of it.
jonathan.brodsky reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot, #1)
All Systems Red is a 2017 science fiction novella by American author Martha Wells. The …
good
3 stars
This was nice. Extremely pulp, but managed to get at some larger ideas.
jonathan.brodsky commented on The Vorrh by B. Catling
"The Vorrh follows a brilliant cast of characters through a parallel Africa where fact, fiction, …
I put this down after the first section - but I also really enjoyed that, its just really thick. Picked it back up because I wanted something with a bit more teeth in it.
jonathan.brodsky reviewed Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross
In a world where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty …
good nonsense
3 stars
I like this silly series. Glad that it is branching out to tell stories that aren't focused on the laundry and just set in the general world.
jonathan.brodsky rated Annihilation: 3 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …