Tacoma Goth, into scifi/fantasy, exploring Japanese, Chinese, African, LGBT, scifi/fantasy. Also a fan of 19th century and early-mid-20th century European novels and 80's/90's postmodern/slipstream fiction.
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"A dark and frightening fully painted novella, Mr. Punch tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence results …
The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics / Vertigo. This book …
From the pages of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every …
Imagine Thomas Pynchon and Kurt Vonnegut writing as a gay Gen-Xer in 80s San Francisco.
Greatly enjoyed this dark, feminist take on the Odessey. What would the Odessey be like from Penelope's point of view? What was it like to be taken away from one's family, abandoned by one's (admittedly narcissistic, philandering) husband, and hounded by would-be suitors? Masterfully done. Atwood lends much complexity to a character that had otherwise come off as one-dimensional.
The Odyssey from the point of view of Penelope. A very enjoyable feminist approach. Will ignore the recent bad takes by the author on social media re: things trans for this review only because I started reading this before. (That said I was disappointed in her position on current trans issues - though I've learned bad takes is not new for her.)
Back to Peneloopiad - a post-modern, feminist approach to a classic, male, Greek text. Pointed humor, as much as one must weave dark humor in when one is a subject of oppression. Wish she could take a step further and extend her feminism beyond her particular privilege. Maybe someone could to write a third book, this time from the point of view of Penelope's murdered maids. Maybe it could be a contemporary adaptation and the maids could be indigenous, black or trans.
A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran.
A not-so-evil …
Una conmovedora historia sobre el último habitante del planeta en un inquietante mundo postapocalíptico.
Oryx …
I was not able to finish this book. The dystopian predictions are quite real but the crass ugliness that she writes about and the mentality of the broken protagonist were too hard to bear over time. Reading this felt like subjecting myself to a degraded experience and I get enough of that reading the news in 2020. Perhaps that is part of dystopian fiction...but in our current times it cut too close.
Racing against time, Jonah and Emma, who possess unique magical gifts, work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill, a …
Hannu Rajaniemi: Summerland (2018)
"How do you catch a spy who's already dead?"
Loss is a thing of the past. Murder is obsolete. Death …
