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A couple of critiques I do have: so many plot threads are introduced and run in parallel, and sometimes it feels like the author is in a rush to finish them; likewise, near the end of the novel, the author has to juggle the actions of 8+ characters, some of whom are part of scenes but only mentioned once every few pages.
What is Un Lun Dun?It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of …
It's a YA novel that twists the usual fantasy tropes about prophecies. Not my favourite of the two Mievilles I've read, but the urban wonderland keeps throwing the weird all the way through, never letting up for a moment; idea after idea.
It's a YA novel that twists the usual fantasy tropes about prophecies. Not my favourite of the two Mievilles I've read, but the urban wonderland keeps throwing the weird all the way through, never letting up for a moment; idea after idea.
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new book, Mark Fisher argues …
This is my kind of essay: clearly-written, entirely devoid of jargon except where need be (i.e., whenever psychoanalysis comes up), and demonstrated through books, TV shows, and films, easily accessible (thinking-wise; streaming services may be another story altogether…)
E-book extra: In-depth study guide.Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and …
Someone recommended it to me; the first thing I thought of on seeing the title was the Orc City shitposting on Bluesky last month. No idea if it'll add anything to this book, though.
Someone recommended it to me; the first thing I thought of on seeing the title was the Orc City shitposting on Bluesky last month. No idea if it'll add anything to this book, though.
Making Money is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his Discworld series, first published in the …
Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and …
Surprised me how the belief-based fantasy of Discworld gets the motor running; Pratchett shifts into a more sci-fi mode of storytelling and floors it. Phenomenal worldbuilding with respect to the clacks and the golems (they work to buy their freedom; the little things they do to prove they're not just tools). The satire on the Grand Trunk and its leveraged buyout by piratical looters is excellent.
Stanley is an autism icon and I would cheese anyone who lays a finger on him.
Surprised me how the belief-based fantasy of Discworld gets the motor running; Pratchett shifts into a more sci-fi mode of storytelling and floors it. Phenomenal worldbuilding with respect to the clacks and the golems (they work to buy their freedom; the little things they do to prove they're not just tools). The satire on the Grand Trunk and its leveraged buyout by piratical looters is excellent.
Stanley is an autism icon and I would cheese anyone who lays a finger on him.
In the twenty-eighth Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war.It began as a sudden strange fancy... Polly Perks had to …
An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is …
I came away from this feeling like I'd come out of a museum exhibit, or sampled a taster menu of sci-fi from the last fifty years. Some stories have been taken from the very first collection compiled for TLDV; many of the stories from its latter half were written in the last decade. Admittedly, I went in wondering when the 'big' sci-fi names would turn up, but I'm glad they didn't - they're raved about well enough. Everyone in here is dead good.
I came away from this feeling like I'd come out of a museum exhibit, or sampled a taster menu of sci-fi from the last fifty years. Some stories have been taken from the very first collection compiled for TLDV; many of the stories from its latter half were written in the last decade. Admittedly, I went in wondering when the 'big' sci-fi names would turn up, but I'm glad they didn't - they're raved about well enough. Everyone in here is dead good.
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to …
The Truth is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the twenty-fifth book in …
You'd be surprised how much of the newspaper satire has Moved With the Times in 25 years. Folks aren't interested in news so much as they are olds... except when the news is 'WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO COBRA.' The Times tells the truth every day—and the truth shall make ye fret, for it's always changing.
You'd be surprised how much of the newspaper satire has Moved With the Times in 25 years. Folks aren't interested in news so much as they are olds... except when the news is 'WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO COBRA.' The Times tells the truth every day—and the truth shall make ye fret, for it's always changing.
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building; its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls …
I was drawn to this novel having learned it was published during COVID, and so I felt it pertinent as an artefact of the Bad Times. If you've forgotten the Bad Times, you might wonder why anyone would've wanted to read a book about a man who reveres his world of never-ending marble Halls and Statues with childlike wonder. Read this, and remind yourself. Hear the House's Tides; drink of the Clouds from its Upper Halls; find immeasurable Beauty in everything mundane.
I was drawn to this novel having learned it was published during COVID, and so I felt it pertinent as an artefact of the Bad Times. If you've forgotten the Bad Times, you might wonder why anyone would've wanted to read a book about a man who reveres his world of never-ending marble Halls and Statues with childlike wonder. Read this, and remind yourself. Hear the House's Tides; drink of the Clouds from its Upper Halls; find immeasurable Beauty in everything mundane.
Borges is an inventor of Guys. And Things. Many interesting Guys and Things, that we have cribbed and fobbed from like the classics - and as we do so, we realise that many of his stories are not just about Guys, but ourselves.
Part-biography, part-political thriller, The Unaccountability Machine is a rousing exposé of how management failures lead …
Funny in a droll way, as others have said. Lots of highlightable passages and aphorisms to add to your repertoire; I, however, have no knowledge of cybernetics besides. Will need to take a dip in Davies' recommended further readings before a revisit.
Funny in a droll way, as others have said. Lots of highlightable passages and aphorisms to add to your repertoire; I, however, have no knowledge of cybernetics besides. Will need to take a dip in Davies' recommended further readings before a revisit.
