Elise wants to read The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Traces the development of the atomic bomb from Leo Szilard's concept through the drama of …
Reccomended by someone online
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She/Her. 20s. Most of my reading is trying to keep up with my book club. On my own I like SF/F, trans lit and sapphic romance, as well as some non-fiction about topics I find fascinating, like dance music, videogames, psychoactive substances, computers and the occult. I also try to read theory, classics and more academic works, though I've struggled with that since I was younger. I track my manga reading seperately. My main fedi is currently @throatmuppet@xyzzy.link.
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Elise started reading State of Bass by Martin James
Bad boys inna London Rude boys inna Englan'
Elise reviewed Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …
Almost too self-conceited; very enjoyable and memorable regardless
4 stars
I don't think I've ever seen a properly published piece of writing like this that was so in love with itself and it's premise; it's an absolute credit to Scalzi that this worked for me, because I got absolutely lost along with our crew of eponymous redshirts. I have only a passing familiarity with The Original Series but I had enough to grok the similarities between the bridge crew and that of the Enterprise; safe to say the depictions are imminently recognizable, which is good, because almost every page is the characters discussing the very peculiar meta-narrative dilemma they find themselves in and trying to figure a way to weasel out of it. Characterization takes a back seat; the only things we really learn about our characters by the end of the book is how they react, first to the realization of their predicament, then to the death of their …
I don't think I've ever seen a properly published piece of writing like this that was so in love with itself and it's premise; it's an absolute credit to Scalzi that this worked for me, because I got absolutely lost along with our crew of eponymous redshirts. I have only a passing familiarity with The Original Series but I had enough to grok the similarities between the bridge crew and that of the Enterprise; safe to say the depictions are imminently recognizable, which is good, because almost every page is the characters discussing the very peculiar meta-narrative dilemma they find themselves in and trying to figure a way to weasel out of it. Characterization takes a back seat; the only things we really learn about our characters by the end of the book is how they react, first to the realization of their predicament, then to the death of their peers, then to their evolving problems as they try to solve the overarching one. The main character, Dahl, is practically just a problem solving machine and snark generator; if the core conceit of the book didn't work I'm sure I would have found him terribly aggravating. If you don't like meta-meta-meta-narratives, stay far away; but if you enjoy a bit of the shameless self-indulgence that entails, you'll probably finish it in two sittings.
Elise finished reading Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …
Soooooo meta.
Elise commented on Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …
Content warning SPOILERS
An actual factual "No, no, I’m just fucking with you." SERIOUSLY?
Elise commented on Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …
This is so meta it's giving me a headache.
Elise commented on Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …
Oh we're doing narrative of referential text as metaphysical force huh. That was so hip a decade ago
Elise started reading Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …
Am I reading a book every two days? Yeah. Am I using books as an unhealthy escape from reality? Probably. Will I keep going? Well I just cracked open another one so
Elise commented on Welcome to Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves
If the cisgenders find out about this book, they are going to tell the church.
Elise reviewed Heavenbreaker by Sara Wolf
What if...
4 stars
You took a knight world from 40K, stuck them on a space station, and swapped out their giant robots with designs from Turn-A Gundam, made them joust in them, and in the middle of this engrossing setting and political intrigue, you stuck a young woman with nothing left to lose and turn the entire power structure of the court against her?
Elise started reading Welcome to Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves
Heard good things about this. Started it on a whim after finishing heavenbreaker
Elise commented on Heavenbreaker by Sara Wolf
What do you mean the sequel isn't out yet?!
Elise started reading Heavenbreaker by Sara Wolf
Reccomended by a friend. Been going through a lot recently and this sounds like a good way to disconnect
Elise stopped reading How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnamable Disaster by Muriel Leung
A dark and tender debut set against a writhing backdrop of postapocalyptic New York City. …
Everytime I think about opening this book I think about how much I dread it and would rather be reading something else. So I'm going to.
Elise wants to read On Repentance And Repair by Danya Ruttenberg
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal transgressions to …
Reccomended in a thread a friend showed me.