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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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a publié une critique de Who Fears Death par Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death (Paperback, 2011, DAW)

Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her …

powerful and important

I finished this some time ago, but I still can't really do it justice in a review. Some of the themes and world-building (and even one of the characters!) is shared with the later novel Noor, but this novel is somehow more elemental. For me the two most powerful themes were the codification of hatred as religion and how sex and reproductive biology inform politics (in the small).

Content warnings: pervasive misogyny, sexual violence, and racism play important roles in the plot.

a publié une critique de The Babylon Eye par Masha du Toit (Linked Worlds, #1)

Masha du Toit: The Babylon Eye (EBook, 2016, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

Elke Veraart is in prison. She used to be an eco-terrorist, hunting down poachers to …

cyberpunk detective with a modern sensibility, plus dogs

Somehow this reminds me of the "Recovery Man" books by Kristine Katherine Rusch. A lone detective fights for the underdog (literal dog in this case), fighting against corporate interests in a high tech setting with aliens. The aliens here are quite relatable, rather than implacable, but they still hold most of the cards. By modern sensibility I mean little things like the protagonist is lesbian, but nobody makes a big deal out of it, including her.