Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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59% complete! Barbarius has read 31 of 52 books.
An uncertain near-future. A story of new boundaries drawn between people daily. A not-very brave new world.
Add two …
Without the island paradise, without the sisterhood that shaped her, without a mission of peace…she’s …
I'm participating in the voting for the Hugo Awards this year, and the voter pack was released the other day! So I'm going to try and tear though as much excellent scifi and fantasy as I can in the next two months! #Hugo2026Finalist
I'm participating in the voting for the Hugo Awards this year, and the voter pack was released the other day! So I'm going to try and tear though as much excellent scifi and fantasy as I can in the next two months! #Hugo2026Finalist
Adapted for young readers from her critically acclaimed adult novel, Sara Haddad's middle-grade story about a child's experience of the …
Adapted for young readers from her critically acclaimed adult novel, Sara Haddad's middle-grade story about …
I stopped reading this at bedtime, as I felt like my kids might still have been on the young side (and, TBH, there's enough exposure in daily news already to the horrors of how some humans treat others). But this is truly excellent; a great reimagining of the original.
I stopped reading this at bedtime, as I felt like my kids might still have been on the young side (and, TBH, there's enough exposure in daily news already to the horrors of how some humans treat others). But this is truly excellent; a great reimagining of the original.
The soft crash of waves that blissfully block out all other noise, the smell of …
Just rediscovered this on my desk. It was a gift from a friend that I had, truth be told, forgotten about entirely. Turns out procrastinating can really pay off!
Just rediscovered this on my desk. It was a gift from a friend that I had, truth be told, forgotten about entirely. Turns out procrastinating can really pay off!
This special and important photography book presents, for the first time, the very best contact sheets created by Magnum photographers. …
This special and important photography book presents, for the first time, the very best contact …
Well, that took me a long time, but it was thoroughly enjoyable to go back to every so often over two years.
In his boldest and most far-reaching book yet, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that capitalism is dead and a new …
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
After leaving the life of a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger behind, Kimberly Hart finds herself pulled back into the fray. …
After leaving the life of a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger behind, Kimberly Hart finds herself pulled back into the fray. …
After leaving the life of a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger behind, Kimberly Hart finds herself …
I've never read a Power Rangers comic, but this one looks really interesting.
I've never read a Power Rangers comic, but this one looks really interesting.
@picklish@books.theunseen.city oh me too. I love a good SciFi AI, and I'm aware of the "AI" as a marketing term for LLMs, but I guess I was just surprised at my own sudden-and-now-different reaction.
When I thought about it longer, I even realised that I didn't think about it the same way with recent reads, such as ART in the Murderbot series.
What a time to be alive!
@picklish@books.theunseen.city oh me too. I love a good SciFi AI, and I'm aware of the "AI" as a marketing term for LLMs, but I guess I was just surprised at my own sudden-and-now-different reaction.
When I thought about it longer, I even realised that I didn't think about it the same way with recent reads, such as ART in the Murderbot series.
What a time to be alive!
@picklish@books.theunseen.city the anthropomorphisation of AI seems weird in a book published in 2026...
