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Success! Matt K has read 28 of 20 books.
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self—a double who …
Wild! Learning about Autism and the mythology of changelings - the robbery of your child by this sudden strangeness.
Also, learning about Hans Asperger and the utterly fucked up statements he made to align with Nazi ideology.
Apparently in red Vienna they were much closer to an idea of neurodiversity
@futzle@outside.ofa.dog I hope not! I really really like these and hope we get a little bit more of this gentle world
When a medium contacts the police department with claims about a murder at a rural home for wayward girls, detective …
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in …
Brutal over the top bleak and not as impressive as I expected. Shades of Unforgiven and The Road.
For readers of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs and Chris Miller’s Chip War, a riveting look …
Highly praised by Robin Sloan
Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.
Demeter …
Such a fun fun fun little joyful bundle of weird. All the old tropes but they are doing battle in space and there are some silly little romances and growth. Really reminds me of the stuff I read in my teens - fluff, but joyful fun fluff.
A romp and the ending nails the dismount.
Spaceships aren’t programmed to seek revenge—but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.
Demeter just wants to do her …
It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t interest Thiago, but Vera thought …
It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t …
I thought this book would be cuter. It’s a wound about grief and force. It’s like a nature video of a snake slowly swallowing a living mouse but from the perspective of the mouse.
It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t …
Pull me out of the wall Pull me out of the wall Pull me out of the wall Pull me out of the wall Pull me out of the wall...
— This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno (45%)
Get the fuck outta here. First Brimley now this‽
“Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”
In …
If it’s half as good as time war….
It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t …
Content warning Mild revelation
Legit creepy and interesting how a robot speaker can take the place of a cat or dog in one of these stories- perceiving beyond our ability and revealing a presence
It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t …
Work book club for spookies
