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reading Invisible Cities just after A Memory Called Empire, with modern-sf conceptions of empire fresh in my mind, really brings out passages like this. absolutely /loving/ the richness of Calvino's prose and his imagination of the fantastical. and besides, cultural contact, meaning, and the challenge of communication are all themes I adore

דאָס ערשטן בוך װאָס איך װיל לײנען אַף ייִדיש איז, אַװדאי, דאָס קװירסטע

@jzacsh the most beautiful nonfiction i've ever read - you won't regret it!

a fun read with beautiful, full worldbuilding and compelling politicking, and plenty of space opera to keep you from putting it down. for me, I didn't find it very striking as a plot or character book, though there's plenty of both, and didn't get much out of it as an ideas book (compared to other SF I've read that plays with self, empire, and language) that said, I do love books that know how to interact with language! linguist-me was left satisfied!

a slow book about translation, motherhood, memory, and compassion. not very much happens but it's so beautifully written you don't notice. not sure if I would have enjoyed it more or less if I'd read it before the AI boom

almost a third of the way through now and loving it! weird and enthralling