bm (brologue) finished reading Letters from an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss
Very Borgesian.
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bm (brologue) finished reading Hogfather : (Discworld Novel 20) by Terry Pratchett
Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred …
Decided to treat a re-read as a sort of advent this year. I'm a sucker for hardbacks, but none of the cover designs hold a candle to the 25th Anniversary paperback.
Decided to treat a re-read as a sort of advent this year. I'm a sucker for hardbacks, but none of the cover designs hold a candle to the 25th Anniversary paperback.
bm (brologue) finished reading UN LUN DUN by China Miéville
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher
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…)
bm (brologue) wants to read Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #33)
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading Last Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading The Truth (Discworld, #25) by Terry Pratchett
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies
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.
bm (brologue) finished reading A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett
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bm (brologue) finished reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website: The Left Hand of Darkness …
Holy shit. Absolute libro
bm (brologue) wants to read Magic and showmanship by Henning Nelms
Alright @pluralistic@mamot.fr, you've sold me - I want more.
Alright @pluralistic@mamot.fr, you've sold me - I want more.
bm (brologue) finished reading The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the …
Though fictitious, this is a very horrifying look into private equity's very real practices, and its chokehold on US prisons - or, "what businesses would do to all of us if they could get away with it." Full look-in on Brologue soon.
Though fictitious, this is a very horrifying look into private equity's very real practices, and its chokehold on US prisons - or, "what businesses would do to all of us if they could get away with it." Full look-in on Brologue soon.