Researcher and educator from Sydney, Australia. You’ll usually find me on the forgotten parts of the web.
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1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong …
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.
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.
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
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.
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful …
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!
@wildenstern@bookwyrm.social I also revisited this one recently after thirty years and I was surprised that it's genuinely good. An expected delight!
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.
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. With millions of copies sold …
@pelagikat @futzle They certainly did! It's decidedly odd, but likeable in a Canadian way www.imdb.com/title/tt1024701/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The lantern light seems to have written a poem; they feel lonesome since i won’t read them. —“lantern” by Fei …
