Sean Bala started reading A Gathering of Friends by Ruskin Bond
he twenty-one stories in the book are the greatest pieces of fiction written by Ruskin …
I really love Ruskin Bond and this has been a great collection of his short stories so far.
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An American residing in Chicago with two degrees in comparative religions. Lived in India for five years. Currently working in higher education. Always have four to five books in rotation and always up for new recommendations!
Some Favorite Genres: #fantasy #scifi #history #speculativefiction #politics #anthropology #religion #mysteries #philosophy #theology #ecology #environment #travel #solarpunk
Some Favorite Authors: Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, E.M. Forster, Ursula K. LeGuin, John Steinbeck, W. Somerset Maugham
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Sean Bala started reading The Age of Insecurity by Astra Taylor
Writer, filmmaker, and organizer Astra Taylor takes a curious, critical, and ultimately hopeful look at …
This is the book version of the author's CBC Massey Lectures. You can find more about them here - www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/ideas/2023-cbc-massey-lectures-astra-taylor
I love the Massey lectures - I always listen to them every Autumn.
Sean Bala started reading Worlds of Exile and Illusion by Ursula K. Le Guin
Worlds of Exile and Illusion by Ursula K. Le Guin
From the multi-award-winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea sequence comes this single-volume omnibus of the …
Sean Bala started reading Circle of Hope by Eliza Griswold
Circle of Hope by Eliza Griswold
Americans have been leaving their churches. Some drift away. Some stay home. And some have been searching for—and finding—more authentic …
Sean Bala quoted The Good Rain by Timothy Egan (Vintage Departures)
Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood …
An irony of modern times is that the city dweller is often more appreciative, more protective, of the wild treasure than its rural neighbor. Thus, residents of the Columbia River Gorge fought the legislative protection of a National Scenic Area, and landowners around the Olympic National Park oppose further wilderness designation, just as many of their grandparents were against formation of the park. The larger question for the Northwest, where the cities are barely a hundred years old but contain three-fourths of the population, is whether the wild land can provide work for those who need it as their source of income without being ruined for those who need it as their source of sanity.
— The Good Rain by Timothy Egan (Vintage Departures)
I think this quote captures a deep tension inherent in rural versus urban relations. I grew up in the Adirondacks in upstate New York and this sort of tension were very present inside the oldest State Park in the US.
Sean Bala started reading The Good Rain by Timothy Egan (Vintage Departures)
The Good Rain by Timothy Egan (Vintage Departures)
Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English …
@rainer I'm almost finished with this and have been having a lot of fun! It has many more layers than I had expected. It's my first book by @pluralistic@mamot.fr and I don't think it will be my last.
Sean Bala wants to read Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
Sean Bala wants to read Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #2.5)
Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan, Kelly Chong (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #2.5)
Sue Lynn Tan’s highly acclaimed, bestselling Celestial Kingdom duology is expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, …
Sean Bala wants to read The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang
This story concerns a Baghdad merchant. Mr. Chiang says the story was inspired in part by the work of physicist …
Sean Bala wants to read The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to …
Sean Bala replied to Soh Kam Yung's status
It is SUCH a good play. The creeping sense of doom and dread in the primary part is one of the best tension building experiences I've experienced in dramatic literature.
Sean Bala wants to read Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit
Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit
"In Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit draws together many histories -- of anatomical evolution and city design, of …
Sean Bala started reading Meru by S. B. Divya (The Alloy Era, #1)
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in …
I first saw this in my Amazon recommendations. I usually take them with a grain of salt but it seems like a very interesting work from @sbdivya@wandering.shop! Added to the To Read list!