Speculative Fiction—aka Scifi & Fantasy—fan.
For regular social stuff, I'm on @jzacsh@qoto.org and originally tracked my books at goodreads.com/jzacsh (still maintaining that profile).
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Howl's Moving Castle is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books …
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad …
This four-volume, deluxe pocket boxed set contains J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterworks The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord …
A hilarious guide to the lost art of artisanal pencil sharpening
"...I am so thrilled David Rees is picking up …
First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic …
Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace …
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us …
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the …
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism. …
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position …
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves …
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) …
A must-read if you read the first book. Really good.
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
2nd read, this time for bookclub. Loving it, just as I remembered.