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computer scientist, mathematician, photographer, human. Debian Developer, Notmuch Maintainer, scuba diver
Much of my "reading" these days is actually audiobooks while walking.
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The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set …
Long form review at www.nerds-feather.com/2023/02/review-mimicking-of-known-successes-by.html
"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming …
So far I am enjoying this much more than the last Discworld novel I re-read (Reaper Man). Who knows, maybe I'm just in a better mood, or maybe Pratchett developed as a writer in the intervening 19 novels.
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful …
At points this book reminded me strongly of certain influential works of speculative fiction, most notably Murderbot (corporate surveillance dystopia, cyborgs are people too) and Neuromancer (cyberspace, hacking as a kind of magical system). On the other hand, Okorafor writes confidently from the point of view of young Nigerian woman in the near future.
For me the warmth comes from the details of daily life in (roughly contemporary) Nigeria. On the other hand I don't have much of a reference point other than other books by the same author.
The book is, and is-not "hard" science fiction. It relies (mainly) on technology for setting and plot devices, but doesn't spend a lot of time on the technical details, and in one or two places might be jarring for the nerdier reader.
Content warnings: occasional violence, some body trauma. The moderate amount of sexual content is thankfully unrelated to the violence.
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful …
Liking the Nigerian cyberpunk vibe so far. I recognize some of the food from Akata Witch.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey is a book by Robert Macfarlane and the sequel to …
I haven't made much progress on this for a while.
Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year…
Three years later, Stephen is …
There is a definite nerd-romance thing going on here. The characters are engaging and the adventure (if not the romance) has a few surprises.
I think young adults would be mortified to know their parents are reading parts of this, but it seems harmless enough to this non-parent.
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a …
Based on a review (of a sequel) by @themiddleshelf@wandering.shop
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always …
Whatever it's about, I'm there for a new Ann Leckie novel
I'm a bit slow on the uptake, so it wasn't until book three that I figured out that these books are really about love and its power to create and destroy.
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio …
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in …
I <3 murderbot.
From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the …
A Christmas present from my family.
In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin …
I read this quickly while somewhat sleep deprived, so I don't have as coherent an impression as I might have hoped.
Like the previous "Witness for the Dead" this is essentially a noir detective novel with fantasy elements. The characters are engaging, although the villains turn out not to have much redeeming qualities.
It's hard not to see the Goblin / Elf dynamic as some kind of comment on race and racism, although it wasn't really clear to me if the book was commenting on contemporary society or just reflecting it.
The book relies on the reader having some recall of the previous two, but especially Witness for the Dead. The reader needs the previous book not only for background on the world, but also on the relationships.
Like in Witness for the Dead, the use of an imagined dialect of English is crucial to both the atmosphere and the …
I read this quickly while somewhat sleep deprived, so I don't have as coherent an impression as I might have hoped.
Like the previous "Witness for the Dead" this is essentially a noir detective novel with fantasy elements. The characters are engaging, although the villains turn out not to have much redeeming qualities.
It's hard not to see the Goblin / Elf dynamic as some kind of comment on race and racism, although it wasn't really clear to me if the book was commenting on contemporary society or just reflecting it.
The book relies on the reader having some recall of the previous two, but especially Witness for the Dead. The reader needs the previous book not only for background on the world, but also on the relationships.
Like in Witness for the Dead, the use of an imagined dialect of English is crucial to both the atmosphere and the characterizations. Speakers (or students) of French or German will recognize the notion of formal and informal pronouns and their collision with plural. Other words seem to be borrowed from older variations of English, helping to paint the picture of a kind of steampunk early-modern world.
Two years ago, Csorwe and Shuthmili defied the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and stole his gauntlets. …
yay, a sequel!
