Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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7% complete! Barbarius has read 3 of 40 books.
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
Given that this was my first TMNT comic, it was weird to start "at the end". But it was thoroughly enjoyable!
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
I've been wanting to read this for a good long while now. I was waiting for a paperback release, but I got sick of waiting...
Neil Gaiman's enchanting, nationally bestselling children's book Coraline is brought to new life by acclaimed …
This story is so creepy!
Neil Gaiman's enchanting, nationally bestselling children's book Coraline is brought to new life by acclaimed artist P. Craig Russell in …
The Magic City (EBook, 2024, Standard Ebooks)
Young Philip Haldane has been living a happy life with his beloved older sister Helen, their parents having died some …
I just realised that I began this series over ten years ago...
Wow. That was so much more poignant and... sad, than I kind of expected. It was a great finish. I think I need a bit to process this...
Okay, last one of the series. Here we go!
Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him …
Okay, while it WASN'T The Doors of Stone, it was utterly enjoyable. I would even say one of my favourites.
Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him …
I mean... It's still not The Doors of Stone...
The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published …
This was good, but I was expecting it to be much better.
That being said, I quite enjoyed Beagle's writing style, and his quirky mundane interjections amidst lofty overtones 😊
I don't understand how it's considered "seminal fantasy" though, I don't think it deserves that status...
The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published …
I have to be honest, it was good, but not as good as I thought it would be...
@pbarker@bookwyrm.social that's interesting you say that. I just finished his recent "Technofuedalism", where he recaps the broader arguments of this book. It made me want to read this, but now I'm not so sure.
This was a fascinating read. Essentially Varoufakis argues that capitalism is actually over, and that we are now in an era where rent derived from "digital fiefs" is dominant (e.g.: Amazon doesn't produce goods or acquire capital in the tratitional sense, but because no seller can survive without selling on Amazon, it operates like a fief extracting rent from the vassals (sellers) who have no option but to use their site). It's pretty heavy economic theory, but he frames it as a conversation with his late father, and does a good job at simplifying and explaining what he talks about.
Very interesting, and very convincing.
