Tak! quoted The Works of Vermin
There’s only one good man and he’s my dog.
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Tak! quoted The Works of Vermin
His eyes are dusty gold, like a beam of light in a grain silo. Aster has never seen a grain silo, but this does not deter her imagination.
@eldang@outside.ofa.dog I have a collection of Smith stories, in german, that I read all of. There was good stuff in it. Seems this is set in the same world. (Are all of his under that pseudonym?) Of course I read Nostril-ia at first. ^^
Will you propose this for #sffBookClub? I'd be in favour.
@eldang@outside.ofa.dog I have a collection of Smith stories, in german, that I read all of. There was good stuff in it. Seems this is set in the same world. (Are all of his under that pseudonym?) Of course I read Nostril-ia at first. ^^
Will you propose this for #sffBookClub? I'd be in favour.
el dang started reading Luminous by Silvia Park
I've not been making enough time for reading lately, but I have been enjoying this book a lot as I slowly make my way through it. #SFFBookClub
I've not been making enough time for reading lately, but I have been enjoying this book a lot as I slowly make my way through it. #SFFBookClub
el dang reviewed The King Must Die by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Fen’s world is crumbling. Newearth, a once-promising planet gifted by the all-powerful alien Makers, now …
Fun, but thin
3 stars
#SFFBookClub book from a few months ago. I read this quickly and enjoyed it, but it also felt very thin. The overall arc seemed sort of formulaic, and it just never got me caring enough about its world or characters for the ending to make me feel very much.
#SFFBookClub book from a few months ago. I read this quickly and enjoyed it, but it also felt very thin. The overall arc seemed sort of formulaic, and it just never got me caring enough about its world or characters for the ending to make me feel very much.
Tak! reviewed Library of Broken Worlds
The Library of Broken Worlds was overall very dense and abstract for my taste. It reminds me a little of The West Passage in that respect, although it has a more serious and scifiy bent.
I feel like it picked up significantly around the halfway point, when the events in the flashbacks became more plot-oriented and the connections between the flashbacks and the god started to be revealed.
Overall, I enjoyed the out-thereness of the setting, but the book was not for me.
Tak! quoted Library of Broken Worlds
We’re just the part of the universe that tells itself stories.
We’re just the part of the universe that tells itself stories.
Tak! quoted Library of Broken Worlds
Content warning library of broken worlds ~50%
You are a creature built from a dream, designed for deicide.
Tak! quoted Library of Broken Worlds
“What did they make you forget?” “I’m not allowed to remember!”
A real Abbott & Costello exchange
Tak! quoted Library of Broken Worlds
“But they can’t reject queries on political grounds! That’s against the Treaty.” Aragonite just patted me on my shoulder.
"The government can't do that! It's illegal!"
"The government can't do that! It's illegal!"
Tak! quoted Library of Broken Worlds
“Most people don’t trouble themselves with philosophy, disciple,” Vaterite said. “It’s the degeneration of our modern age.”
Tak! quoted Library of Broken Worlds
Content warning library of broken worlds chapter 1
They didn’t understand that a creature like you, who had constructed such a fantasy of his ideal woman, wouldn’t even want a real one.
incels irl
enne📚 reviewed Luminous by Silvia Park
Luminous
4 stars
A messy but enjoyable book about robots, grief, and memory set in a post-war unified Korea.
The plot, pacing, and characters meandered a bit too much for my taste, but it was made up for by the texture in the world and its threads of philosophy. I do also love a story that is engaging with both disability and transness through the lens of robots and robotics.
enne📚 quoted Luminous by Silvia Park
The robot understands that how we love isn’t divine. It is meager, selfish, exquisitely cruel. Think of any time a war erupts—who among us would not sacrifice the lives of many to save the one person we love?
— Luminous by Silvia Park