trochee started reading Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente (duplicate)
A fantasy following a boy journeying away from the only home he’s ever known and …
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trochee wants to read The Mechanic and the Luddite by Jathan Sadowski
This short book demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together and …
Heard about this on TWSU (I think?) and from @emilyG
trochee finished reading Mystik U by Mike Norton
Not super great, but fun to have a wizard school story from DC
trochee finished reading Stories Are Weapons by Annalee Newitz
A sharp and timely exploration of the dark art of manipulation through weaponized storytelling, from …
Stops and starts in my reading path; not the author's fault — I would occasionally get overwhelmed and go read something a little less heartbreaking and a little more fictional.
Ironically one of the books I read in the interim breaks was A Half Built Garden which is discussed in the final chapter!
trochee finished reading Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth and Sky, #3)
The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning …
Took longer than I expected. Big elaborate world building
trochee commented on Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider
When was the last time you participated in an election for an online group chat …
nathanschneider.info/books/governable-spaces/
Available on line too
trochee wants to read Underground Empire by Henry Farrell
Recommended by @kissane.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy in no uncertain terms
trochee finished reading A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
Delightful first contact story; feels like it's set among the aftermath of the New York Communes. Complex, high-stakes plot nuances about baby wearing, gender complexity and expression, neurodiversity. Critical plot developments happen around Seder. Lots of love for every kind of neurodiverse nerd.
Octavia Butler makes an appearance in the Haggadah!
Critical
trochee wants to read Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
trochee wants to read The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission …
Recommended by @leapingwoman@spore.social
trochee wants to read Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (The Greenhollow Duology, #1)
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he …
Recommended by @leapingwoman@spore.social
trochee wants to read Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin
On @ali@masto.al2.in 's "Reading Group I Guess"
By the middle of the twenty-first century, war, famine, economic collapse, and climate catastrophe had …
Wild and fun, in a super nerdy way
Maybe an interpolation between where we are now and wherever ALWAYS COMING HOME is
trochee wants to read How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation …
Recommended by @ouropinions@wandering.shop
trochee wants to read Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
The true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs, when …
Welp, I've heard from Brian Merchant a lot and it's about time to read his book