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The philosopher C. Thi Nguyen—one of the leading experts on the philosophy of games and …
I think (based on an interview with the author I heard on Science Friday) this is going to be informative and useful for me and help further shape my reflexive disdain for all sorts of performance metrics.
Games are a unique art form. Games work in the medium of agency. Game designers …
MeL comes through with a copy of this for me. Reading this before The Score (his next book) arrives.
‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ …
Highly recommended discussion about why there should be economic limits to wealth, and some approaches by which that might be done.
Numerous good and thought provoking ideas throughout. I've already quoted several as I've gone through it.
It seemed a bit of a slog towards the end, and then, suddenly, I was done, and the final 35% of the book was all the endnotes.
Highly recommended discussion about why there should be economic limits to wealth, and some approaches by which that might be done.
Numerous good and thought provoking ideas throughout. I've already quoted several as I've gone through it.
It seemed a bit of a slog towards the end, and then, suddenly, I was done, and the final 35% of the book was all the endnotes.
Return to the cozy fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & …
Solid entry in the series. Goes in new directions, and not just a retread of the previous.
Graphic novel about the outsider (or the hyphenate) experience of history and duty and purpose.
Sara Alfageeh (illustrator) calls it: Girls with swords
THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES
'This …
Overall very favorable for this; still love new stories of these characters and their world. Cast getting larger, so it's harder to herd them all into an adventure. This felt somewhat unconnected between the characters (did Peter and Nightingale ever speak to each other?) But even with separate threads, an enjoyable story
Overall very favorable for this; still love new stories of these characters and their world. Cast getting larger, so it's harder to herd them all into an adventure. This felt somewhat unconnected between the characters (did Peter and Nightingale ever speak to each other?) But even with separate threads, an enjoyable story
[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in …
I just bounced off of this one, and bailing at the halfway point. There's just not been enough of anything that made me want to keep on with it.
I find the writing (more likely the translation) to be clumsy and awkward, and that makes it difficult to get into the story if you're constantly getting rubbed the wrong way.
A couple times within a couple pages, a temperature of 86F was mentioned. That's oddly specific, and was strange in the places and ways it was being mentioned. 86F is 30C, and a round number like that would make sense and would feel right in the context, where 86 was jarring. It felt transliterated rather than translated, in a way I just can't get past.
I just bounced off of this one, and bailing at the halfway point. There's just not been enough of anything that made me want to keep on with it.
I find the writing (more likely the translation) to be clumsy and awkward, and that makes it difficult to get into the story if you're constantly getting rubbed the wrong way.
A couple times within a couple pages, a temperature of 86F was mentioned. That's oddly specific, and was strange in the places and ways it was being mentioned. 86F is 30C, and a round number like that would make sense and would feel right in the context, where 86 was jarring. It felt transliterated rather than translated, in a way I just can't get past.
More of a meditation, a period in time (one earth day) but reflecting and touching on the histories and stories of the characters involved.
Reminded me a bit of Richard Powers' "Overstory" with a sense of humans flitting around through the larger arcs (or orbits) that continue their own courses. Same contemplative kind of read, for me.
More of a meditation, a period in time (one earth day) but reflecting and touching on the histories and stories of the characters involved.
Reminded me a bit of Richard Powers' "Overstory" with a sense of humans flitting around through the larger arcs (or orbits) that continue their own courses. Same contemplative kind of read, for me.
A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place at …
Took me a little while to get into it, but I ended up quite liking this take on the legend of Arthur.
The United States of America is no more. Broken into warring territories, its center has …
Lots of relevant prescience in this "...a staging area for the federal troops that protected the new perimeter around the White House. Marines, Motherland Guard, and uniformed Secret Service. The Secret Service were the most intense, with their black uniforms, patent leather, and chromed gunmetal." p53
Lots of relevant prescience in this "...a staging area for the federal troops that protected the new perimeter around the White House. Marines, Motherland Guard, and uniformed Secret Service. The Secret Service were the most intense, with their black uniforms, patent leather, and chromed gunmetal." p53
During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot …
Wasn't sure going in, through the author's apparent interest in edge spaces, abandoned places, and other marginal locations seemed like a vibe I might connect with. And that did turn out to be true, but with a different slant.
I could've gone for more on the policy and concept of these spaces; it's somewhat more memoir while out hiking, and it has the disjointedness of a gathering of journal entries. Overall, well worth the time spent here.
Wasn't sure going in, through the author's apparent interest in edge spaces, abandoned places, and other marginal locations seemed like a vibe I might connect with. And that did turn out to be true, but with a different slant.
I could've gone for more on the policy and concept of these spaces; it's somewhat more memoir while out hiking, and it has the disjointedness of a gathering of journal entries. Overall, well worth the time spent here.
In this expanded edition of her bestselling 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned scientist and humanitarian …
Kickoff yesterday of the group reading of Ursula Franklin (and listening to the original Massey lectures). A surprising amount of discussion about it so far, mostly on Mastodon, which is not the ideal forum for discussion like that.
During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot …
Started this just a few pages in. and it's got a lot of things that lie close to the core of my Venn.
Started this just a few pages in. and it's got a lot of things that lie close to the core of my Venn.
Thara Celehar has lost his ability to speak with the dead. When that title of …
Nicely stuck the landing. Sometimes even a single book ending is unsatisfying, let alone the end of a trilogy. This not only wraps the story lines well, but manages the exceptional magic of both concluding gracefully while it also leaves open and opportunity for further stories.
The book itself is another chance to spend time in the marvelous goblin world. If you've read others in the series and wanted more, it's here.
Nicely stuck the landing. Sometimes even a single book ending is unsatisfying, let alone the end of a trilogy. This not only wraps the story lines well, but manages the exceptional magic of both concluding gracefully while it also leaves open and opportunity for further stories.
The book itself is another chance to spend time in the marvelous goblin world. If you've read others in the series and wanted more, it's here.