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i like fantasy, history, and html! : )

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started reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)

Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (Paperback, 2008, Bantam Spectra)

In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the …

i started reading this cuz i was interested in cyberpunk and like i think i kinda see what he's trying to do but it also kinda sucks lol

will revisit this thought when i finish it tho

Alice Wong: Disability Visibility (Hardcover, 2021, Delacorte Press)

A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability …

i read "common cyborg" by jillian weise. definitely gave me a lot to think about (how i use tech, etc.) especially when contrasted to the cyborg manifesto (which i haven't read all of actually, but i think i have a sense of the general gist)

Katie Hafner: Where Wizards Stay Up Late (Paperback, 1998, Simon & Schuster)

Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, twenty million people worldwide are surfing the …

i think they do a pretty good job of explaining stuff so far, but man...the way they describe some stuff is questionable

like how the hell are you simply going to refer to wernher von braun as a "german emigre"

finished reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

Brandon Sanderson: Words of Radiance (Hardcover, 2014, Tor Books)

The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings.

one of my friends said "yeah kaladin isn't great with women" ... there's a reason for that (home of sexual)

anyways this shit rules and i've started oathbringer

Tracy Deonn: Legendborn (Hardcover, 2020, Margaret K. McElderry Books)

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants to escape. A residential …

i admit i was a little doubtful at first but i couldn't put it down

a worthy first choice for my attempts at rebuilding my reading ability!

commented on The Book Of Swords by Ken Liu

Ken Liu, Lavie Tidhar, George R. R. Martin, Daniel Abraham, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch, Robin Hobb, Elizabeth Bear, Walter Jon Williams, C. J. Cherryh, Matthew Hughes, Rich Larson, Gardner Dozois, Ellen Kushner, K. J. Parker, Cecelia Holland, Garth Nix: The Book Of Swords (Bantam)

New epic fantasy in the grand tradition—including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire story …

not in love with all of the stories in here, but that's why i like collections like this!! i read things that normally wouldn't grab me!!! finding it generally enjoyable to read tho!!