I live in north west England and particularly enjoy speculative fiction, although am happy to try most well-written books.
You can also find me elsewhere on the Fediverse using the profile @losttourist@social.chatty.monster
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20% complete! Flippin' 'Eck, Reader has read 5 of 25 books.
Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin …
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An …
They live beneath the earth in a prison of their own making. There is a view of the outside world, …
The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is “one …
This started out as an interesting description of life in a futuristic utopian society, before becoming quite confusing and messy. About two thirds of the way through it descends into a nightmarish hellscape of what seems to be illogical and irrelevant dream sequences. The reason for this is eventually revealed but it never quite felt properly satisfying.
The characters are all just about believable and relatable but I never felt like I really cared about any of them.
Overall maybe worth a read, but not mind-blowing.
"One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, …
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An …
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition …
R. F. Kuang: The Burning God (2020, HarperCollins Publishers)
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable …
I have no idea why the instance seems to have selected the German version of this book for me, and equally no idea how to change it. For the sake of avoidance of doubt I'm reading this in English!
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition …
