I've been meaning to read 1984 for years, since it's of course a classic, but hadn't gotten around to it until recently. I enjoyed the writing style, but I think I expected the plot to be a bit more like that of Fahrenheit 451 and it came off as a bit disappointing in comparison. Not that I think it actually should have been more like Fahrenheit 451, just that it is a significantly more depressing story when you're half-expecting at least some small thread of hope at the end.
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I love scifi and dystopian literature, but will try a little bit of everything. My book backlog currently spans multiple shelves of my bookcase, but we're getting there bit by bit.
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godofthegloaming finished reading 1984 by George Orwell
Content warning Minor spoilers for the general nature of the ending.
godofthegloaming wants to read Mighty
Mighty
With great powerchair comes great responsibility…
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's… accessibility!
You wouldn't like me when I'm …
godofthegloaming reviewed House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
The sequel to Howl's Moving CastleWhen Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle's house, …
An interesting sequel
5 stars
I read Howl's Moving Castle years ago, but never had a chance to check out the sequel until now. It has the same whimsical style as the first, which I enjoy, and the new protagonist has an interesting perspective on the story.
godofthegloaming finished reading Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
A reread, since it had been awhile. We just rewatched the 2009 and 2011 films, and I wanted to have a better idea how they compare to the books (very well, it seems). I also noticed the other day that Standard Ebooks has a significant number of Doyle's works, so some more Sherlock Holmes might be showing up in my read books at some point...
godofthegloaming started reading El Alquimista by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was …
Found this in a bookstore last week. I enjoyed reading it in English, but it's been a few years. Haven't gotten very far through it yet, but it seems just as good in Spanish so far.
godofthegloaming wants to read Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life …
godofthegloaming wants to read Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful …
I'm seeing a few people here have read this, and it looks interesting. Looks like they have it at my local library, too. I'll have to pick it up at some point.
godofthegloaming reviewed Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
Reads like what I expect from Asimov, for the most part.
5 stars
Some of the short stories are better than others, but they all have value. I found Asimov's prefaces to each story quite interesting as well, and the additional context and anecdotes enhanced even the stranger of the stories. Worth reading.
godofthegloaming finished reading Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
Fun stories. Some of them were particularly interesting in comparison to Asimov's other works — one of the stories has a very similar premise to one of the Foundation novels, but has the opposite conclusion. It was interesting to compare the two and see how his views must have changed between writing them.
godofthegloaming wants to read Picture of Dorian Gray by Skyhigh Publication
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Skyhigh Publication
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the …