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Clara's at a break point. She's got writer's block , her friends ask for a lot without giving much, and …
@quantum@mathstodon.xyz I'm usually "reading" several books at a time, deciding what to read depending on my mood. It might not be a very efficient way to read, but I think it allows me to enjoy things more than if I plowed through one book at a time
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
Getting back into this after a loooooong break and I've missed Le Guin's writing so much. The descriptions of Hort town alone are so vivid and vibrant that I don't think I could read it without picturing it
OMG I can't believe there's no description for this - but then I can because this book defies description. Stanislaw …
OMG I can't believe there's no description for this - but then I can because …
Took me a while to finish this, but The Cyberiad is a thoroughly enjoyable collection. It's not easy to follow what's written given how inventive Lem is with language (the translator, Michael Kandel, has done an amazing job on a difficult task), but follow it I did.
I wouldn't say that this is a book to be read in one go. I'd recommend reading it in several spurts (a sally at a time perhaps) over the span of some months.
