Kat started reading Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine
I wonder what the 1990s occultists have to offer
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aka @koosli@aus.social. I'm almost exclusively reading horror fiction, truly the greatest of genres.
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15% complete! Kat has read 3 of 20 books.
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Kat reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Easy, pleasy
4 stars
What the doctor ordered
Kat reviewed Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past …
Comfy
4 stars
Like the first one this is easy, guilty pleasure sci-fi and frankly just what is needed for me currently!
Kat finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
Kat started reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
Kat finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
Kat started reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Let's see if the nerds are right
Kat stopped reading The Doomed City by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
I don't think I'm going to finish this. I'll try again another time.
Kat set a goal to read 20 books in 2025
Kat started reading The Doomed City by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Strugatsky time! :D
Kat reviewed The City & the City by China Miéville
Weaches in Breaches
4 stars
Well that was very satisfying! I really enjoy the worlds that Miéville conjures, and I've already started making Besźel/Ul Qoma jokes in my everyday. The setting reminded me very much of Disco Elysium. The conspiracy rang true but I didn't guess in advance, which was nice. I can see myself reading this again knowing what I know now!
Kat finished reading The City & the City by China Miéville
Kat started reading The City & the City by China Miéville
Kat reviewed Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: …
Travel Scrabble, Death?
2 stars
I think we're at the point where US writers are just having a lacklustre wank and idly fantasising about the end of the world. Leave The World Behind sets itself up for some interpersonal drama mixed with race and class politics but then doesn't do much with it. It's mundane, what appears to be a deliberate choice, and with the barest of efforts concludes that society is a myth and having faith in institutions is naïve. So you better go fend for yourselves, kiddies.
I suppose in this sense this book is very much of its time, at least if you're from the US. So bored with being "the leader of the free world" or whatever nonsense and can't be stuffed trying anymore. May as well participate in (and let's be real, cause) an apocalyptic war?
Time to avoid US authors and eschatological themes for a while I reckon!
Kat finished reading Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life …