alsaaas commented on Green Earth by Kim Stanley Robinson
It's kinda growing on me, current opinion is maybe a 3,5/5
It's kinda growing on me, current opinion is maybe a 3,5/5
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she/they btw ^^
marxist queer mess with too much to read and too little time and/or motivation
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alsaaas commented on Green Earth by Kim Stanley Robinson
Too much from Frank the anthropological guy ngl
alsaaas reviewed Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
I'm so glad this is part of a trilogy
4 stars
Based but nuanced book, nice SciFi-Fantasy without the liberal bullshit but actual materialist and progressive (as in non-bourgeois feminism and queerness) socialism. It's far from a literary masterpiece, but it was quite an enjoyable read.
The Acknowledgement section is great too; to quote a part of it (also the first time I saw a b/w printed emoji in a book like ever):
To Qiu Jin, Alexandra Kollontai, Rosa Luxemburg, Angela Davis, Thomas Sankara, Kristen Ghodsee, Paul Cockshott, and Allin Cottrel, whose speeches and writings were a huge source of the inspiration for this book
hello? based department? I'd like to nominate a novel
+ said douchebag emperor gets pegged by the Empress (MC), LIKE CANONICALLY. There even was a "Peggy Amendment" by the author to make it more clear like aocjwbfooskefn
(I only regret one thing with my experience with the novel: …
Based but nuanced book, nice SciFi-Fantasy without the liberal bullshit but actual materialist and progressive (as in non-bourgeois feminism and queerness) socialism. It's far from a literary masterpiece, but it was quite an enjoyable read.
The Acknowledgement section is great too; to quote a part of it (also the first time I saw a b/w printed emoji in a book like ever):
To Qiu Jin, Alexandra Kollontai, Rosa Luxemburg, Angela Davis, Thomas Sankara, Kristen Ghodsee, Paul Cockshott, and Allin Cottrel, whose speeches and writings were a huge source of the inspiration for this book
hello? based department? I'd like to nominate a novel
+ said douchebag emperor gets pegged by the Empress (MC), LIKE CANONICALLY. There even was a "Peggy Amendment" by the author to make it more clear like aocjwbfooskefn
(I only regret one thing with my experience with the novel: I mutilated my hard cover edition by scribbling the "Peggy amendment" in my horrendous handwriting using ballpoint pen, thanks to a sleep-deprived excitedness... I should have just printed out the amendment as the later tutorials instructed 😔)
alsaaas finished reading Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
Content warning Last paragraphs of the book
So Wu Zeitian stabs Qi Zheng in the hearts because she knows that he thinks of her as property to be discarded....
This happens after said fight
If she refuses to see reason, he shall do it for her. He has been fat too lenient with her, too tolerant of her insolence. [...] Sentiment weakened him. For the first time in his life, he understands the logic behind binding the feet of a woman. [...] He calls for a staffer to summon [...] her (MCs) precious lady friends . So long as he holds their lives in his hands, she is bound to return to him. She'll come home, even if he has to break her legs and drag her. After all, his son cannot grow up without a mother.
Yoooo wtf. This dude is fucked up so much, kinda sad howtgis walking contradiction is leading the revolution...
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
tft was the chapter I just finished reading
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
We even get labour hour vouchers. This is like a Scifi-Fantasy wet dream of every Marxist
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
Fucking Cybersyn less fucking goooo
Guess the dedication of the book to Allende (one of the many ppl) fits even more now
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
Using "private property" as a safeword is just– I can't ajcjdjd 😩
and ofc the words to continue are "common property" lmal
Using "private property" as a safeword is just– I can't ajcjdjd 😩
and ofc the words to continue are "common property" lmal
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
Content warning Civil war stuff
Apparently we skip the long white army civil war arc and it's just a one weekend deal
guess it was more of a Kronstadt
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
Content warning Civil war development
"The White Lotus army and Zhuge Liang Are trying to restore the Sage council, But from Chang'an to the Han province sea The Yellow Dragon is the strongest of all!"
So we have the whites forming a counter revolutionary army. I wonder if we get to see the white terror and it's proto-fascism like irl
(I also know that the song came two years after Alexander Kolchak's coup, who Zhuge Liang and this insurrection is probably closest to)
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
Zhenotdel lesssss goooooo
alsaaas commented on Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
much more based thus far, I fucking love it; makes brain go brrrr af
alsaaas started reading Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow, #2)
aaaaaa even the dedication page is based AF (see my Mastodon)
alsaaas wants to read Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells (Shatter the Sky #1)
Raised among the ruins of a conquered mountain nation, Maren dreams only of sharing a …
I'm adding every recommendation from the "Acknowledgements" of Iron Widow to my reading list ^^
I'm adding every recommendation from the "Acknowledgements" of Iron Widow to my reading list ^^
alsaaas wants to read Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
Nita doesn t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet her …
I'm adding every recommendation from the "Acknowledgements" öd Iron Widow to my reading list ^^
I'm adding every recommendation from the "Acknowledgements" öd Iron Widow to my reading list ^^