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Leaving_Marx

Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org

Joined 2 years, 9 months ago

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

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Julianne Margvelashvili: The classic cuisine of Soviet Georgia (Hardcover, 1991, Prentice Hall Press)
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M. E. O'Brien: Family Abolition (2022, Pluto Press)
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Aric McBay: Kraken Calling (2022, Seven Stories Press)

Currently Reading

Nanni Balestrini, Primo Moroni, Sergio Bianchi, Richard Braude: Golden Horde (2020, Seagull Books)
Cedric Robinson: Black Marxism (2000)
David Graeber: Debt (2014)

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Gary D. Chapman: The five languages of apology (2006, Northfield Publishing)
Nanni Balestrini: Blackout (2017)
Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen: Childhood (Paperback, 2019, Penguin Classics)

2025 Reading Goal

63% complete! Leaving_Marx has read 19 of 30 books.

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reviewed Kraken by China Miéville

China Miéville: Kraken (Hardcover, 2010, MacMillan) 5 stars

Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the …

Squid Cult

4 stars

a fun read but found myself near the end having my mind wander away from the story line which is not what you want when it's coming to a climax.

stuff I really enjoyed was unconventional takes on religion and cults, and the presentation of a larger labour strike by fantasy creatures. whenever class struggle works its way into sci-fi or fantasy for me it makes me really appreciate the book.

really love China Mieville's world building and writing, but this wasn't a top book of his for me.

commented on Organization | Continuity | Community by Peter Gelderloos

Peter Gelderloos: Organization | Continuity | Community (Paperback, Detritus Books) 4 stars

False modesty has prevented us from seeing how effective we’ve been, ego has prevented us …

Bookwyrm note: just learnt how to add new titles for obscure anarchist titles to our local instance and put this one in! It is as simple as adding /create-book to the end of your instances url and filling out the details and uploading a pic of the cover. Definitely going to expand and add texts as I go through them now!

reviewed Un Lun Dun by China Miéville

China Miéville: Un Lun Dun (Paperback, 2007, Del Rey) 4 stars

What is Un Lun Dun?It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of …

YA fiction from a freak

4 stars

First review of 2025. This was a fun book, first title I've read from China Miélville targetted at a younger audience. Fun story, as if the author had decided to take a variety of puns and through the lens of surrealism bring them to life. There are some unexpected directions it goes in but follows the YA epic model of fantasy, multiverses, and magic.

Fun low stakes read for those who never grow out of the genre.