From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
this was fun, if not very heavy handed at times. Ending left a little to be desired but overall worth slogging thru the slower paced sections.
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Reading mostly SciFi and fantasy, with a little nonfiction, history and whatever else rolls my way.
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CorpusChristi420 finished reading The intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Who tampered with the elevator?
The mundane job of elevator inspection becomes a mysterious tale …
This has really shifted my relationship to the elevators I interact with.
CorpusChristi420 finished reading Borne: A Novel by Jeff VanderMeer
In a ruined city, Rachel, a scavenger, finds a small creature named "Borne" tangled in …
This was enjoyable, but the Southern Reach Trilogy is a much better read
CorpusChristi420 finished reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …
Second time reading this, still absolutely terrifying at times.
CorpusChristi420 stopped reading The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton is not the author for me.
CorpusChristi420 reviewed Apocalypse by J. Robert King (Invasion cycle ;)
bro I gotta read something other than MTG books
3 stars
CorpusChristi420 finished reading The Thran (Magic: The Gathering: The Thran) by J. Robert King
OK now this is a good ass fantasy book. We got wild topics of genocide, eugenics, a charismatic and charming but ultimately beyond evil villain, goblins, artificers, lizard people, minotaurs, epic battles, sprawling worlds with deep descriptions. Was a true page turner!
CorpusChristi420 started reading The Thran (Magic: The Gathering: The Thran) by J. Robert King
Help, I can't stop reading MTG books (this one actually has some legs though)
this... was not a good book. Unfortunate as it comes close to exploring some interesting issues (climate change, organizing to overthrow oppressive structures, what happens when a golem transitions from cold steel to flesh?) but other then these being simple plot points to hit and then move on, there's no subsistence here.
CorpusChristi420 finished reading The moons of Mirrodin by Will McDermott (Mirrodin cycle ;)
very fluffy, not that elegantly written but fun nonetheless dive into one of the more interesting MTG planes. Love a good goblin/golem combo.
CorpusChristi420 reviewed Crash by J. G. Ballard
The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism. When …
cars and humans go bonk
4 stars
possibly the horniest book I've ever read
Fantastic visual and written deep dive into the subculture or post-punk/goth from the early DIY 80's to it's untimely 90's commodified death. Many incredible make up and hair looks, androgyny, gender play, leather, latex, lace and so so much more.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by Philip K. …
A dizzy spin into the assimilation of the "modern" man.
3 stars
interesting but not that enlightening at the end of the day
3 stars
CorpusChristi420 reviewed Everything Keeps Dissolving by Nick Soulsby
the new backwards; or how I quit Psychic TV for the pursuit of hollistic outsider electronics
5 stars
Coil's legacy, be it through sound, ideas, poetry or composition continues to shape my understanding of all experiences around me. I am thankful for this deep dive into their interviews, minds, sense of humour and mortality. Loved how many times Marc Almond seemed to interrupt an interview with a laugh and a reminder for a cup of tea.