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sifuCJC

sifuCJC@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 years, 10 months ago

I read only nonfiction for years. Now, I'm getting back into fiction. (he/him)

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2025 Reading Goal

53% complete! sifuCJC has read 28 of 52 books.

Nghi Vo: City in Glass (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

A demon. An angel. A city.

The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city …

Emotionally and intellectually satifying

A story of a demon and an angel, emotionally satisfying and interesting.

The emotional story is wonderful, conclusive, with very innovative plot points.

The writing is very poetic. The poetry actually gives a kind of distance, which works well, since it's mostly told from the point of view of an immortal. You feel separate from the people, but intimately tied to their actions.

started reading City in Glass by Nghi Vo

Nghi Vo: City in Glass (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

A demon. An angel. A city.

The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city …

I'm trying to revive a story of mine with gods, so I've found some in the library to see what's out there. This one seems interesting, angels and demons though.

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Zoë Schlanger: The Light Eaters (2024, HarperCollins Publishers)

A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association …

An ode to our fellow living creatures

I listened to the audiobook, which is narrated by the author, and it was just so good.

I loved the way the narrative played out as she described her talks with botanists around the world. She covered so much ground and made a potentially difficult topic super fun and engaging.

I really love how she mulled alongside the scientists she interviewed and it made me thing a lot about the plants that are around me and how they may feel in the environment.

Exactly the kind of approachable and fun writing I hope to see from journalists. I wonder what the author will take on next!

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reviewed The Future of Work: Compulsory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #0.5)

Martha Wells: The Future of Work: Compulsory (EBook, 2018, Wired Magazine)

The Future of Work: Compulsory

I didn't realize this (very) short Murderbot story existed until very recently. It's a prequel to All Systems Red and can be read online in WIRED. It reads a bit like a microcosm of the entire series, a journey from apathy to protecting humans to musing about being protected itself, but in 1000 words rather than a handful of novellas and a novel.

It’s not like I haven’t thought about killing the humans since I hacked my governor module. But then I started exploring the company servers and discovered hundreds of hours of downloadable entertainment media, and I figured, what’s the hurry? I can always kill the humans after the next series ends.

I don't want to talk about the tv show too much, but it's hard not to think about what the books are doing differently. It's really interesting to me how much the opening line of this …

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