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Leaving_Marx

Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org

Joined 2 years, 7 months ago

Printer, anarchist, illustrator, & enthusiast of the printed word.

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Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the talents (2001, Warner Books) 4 stars

Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage …

Review of 'Parable of the talents' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Quick review. Really loved the first book and was happy to reconnect with the characters and hear what happens to them but this felt like it was enjoyable for wrapping up a story but didn't hit the same as the first book. I think sowers stands out as the strongest book in the series.

Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Sower (Paperback, 2000, Warner Books) 4 stars

In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful …

Review of 'Parable of the Sower' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Enjoyed reading this, went in blind to the story and listened to it as an audiobook for a long solo car drive. Very dark apocalyptic read and gave me posited a slow collapse along with the world and economies that could accompany that.

reviewed Masters of the dew by Jacques Roumain (Caribbean writers series)

Jacques Roumain: Masters of the dew (1997, Heinemann) 5 stars

Review of 'Masters of the dew' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This was a really fantastic novel. Exploring the life and struggles of peasant communities in Haiti, and eloquently discussing the struggles of collectivization, mutual aid and family feuds.

I would definitely recommend this as a novel exploring the application of mutual aid and organizing outside the work place. It's very much a book of a time and place, but constructs an awesome story of roadblocks, feuds, and traditions coming in the way of a better life for all.

Joshua Clover: Red epic (2015) 5 stars

Review of 'Red epic' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I really liked this collection, maybe not for everyone, but my perfect poet. The layers upon layers of references to pop culture, literary figures, communist theory, and social struggle. I've gone back to it a number of times and each time found new pieces, but best read with your phone open to explore references to unlock more meaning from them all. that is, unless your some brainy super-freak whose familiar with all the obscure stuff brought up.

Empty Author: Dune (Hardcover, 2019, Ace) 5 stars

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …

Review of 'Dune (Dune, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Pretty good sci-fi. Had me musing over ethnonationalism and the ways we are made by our environment and how utopian dreams themselves are crafted by our conditions.