Researcher and educator from Sydney, Australia. You’ll usually find me on the forgotten parts of the web.
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MacLeod's final book in the Lightspeed trilogy is nothing short of celestial . . .
…Full of ideas but many felt unnecessary and rushed compared to the first two books in the series.
A new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective …
Kushner is a hell of a writer. She's created one of the least likeable narrative POV characters ever, yet I feel compelled to read on. The attention to detail and her clear attention to structure and pacing are great.
Kushner is a hell of a writer. She's created one of the least likeable narrative POV characters ever, yet I feel compelled to read on. The attention to detail and her clear attention to structure and pacing are great.
Blergh. I decided I don't need this in my life.
Blergh. I decided I don't need this in my life.
I'm about 10% into this and I'm already wondering why I do this to myself. Climate fiction is always such a downer, appropriately.
I'm about 10% into this and I'm already wondering why I do this to myself. Climate fiction is always such a downer, appropriately.
Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically …
A classic for a reason
Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically …
I should have read this a long time ago. Probably one of the most sublime and groundbreaking comics I've read.
I should have read this a long time ago. Probably one of the most sublime and groundbreaking comics I've read.
1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring …
Meh
Not as engaging or imaginative as the first, it mostly served to tie up plot points and intrigue. I've begun the third book but in many ways it seems unneeded? Perhaps McLeod will explore new ideas in it.
Not as engaging or imaginative as the first, it mostly served to tie up plot points and intrigue. I've begun the third book but in many ways it seems unneeded? Perhaps McLeod will explore new ideas in it.
Mega-City One, 2143 AD. Home to over 160 million citizens, this urban hell is situated …
He's not the cautionary tale we deserve, but he's the one we need.
He's not the cautionary tale we deserve, but he's the one we need.
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
That was a lot. I'll need time to process it.
That was a lot. I'll need time to process it.
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
Content warning Slight allusions to general plot directions
What a strange book to be reading when a close family member dies. An extended rumination on loss and grief, from many perspectives. I found it almost too much to pick up again.
But suddenly a shift. New worlds may be possible. An interesting book.
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find …
Just didn't gel with this one. I think the pacing and characterisation is wasn't for me, but might be for you.
Just didn't gel with this one. I think the pacing and characterisation is wasn't for me, but might be for you.
A beautiful, soulful book. The ephemera included gave me a real sense of who Woody was as a person and what he stood for. A loving book about a genuine icon.
A beautiful, soulful book. The ephemera included gave me a real sense of who Woody was as a person and what he stood for. A loving book about a genuine icon.
Fourth book in the Dune series. Takes place 3500 years after the events of the …
Yeah, that was as strange as I remember but also, soemhow, vastly more boring. The endless lectures!
Fourth book in the Dune series. Takes place 3500 years after the events of the …
Yeah, now we're into the genuinely weird shit - and not necessarily in a good way.
Yeah, now we're into the genuinely weird shit - and not necessarily in a good way.