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Completely updated and expanded, the second edition of Logo Design Love contains more of just about everything that turned the …
A woman lies bedridden from a high fever. Suddenly she is struck with an urge to revisit a novel from …
A grid system is a rigid framework that is supposed to help graphic designers in the meaningful, logical and consistent …
Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of …
In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, …
this was so good. thanks @bugs@wyrmsign.org for the rec.
Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of …
In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness …
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Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with …
Technically I restarted after leaving it too long. Not the book's fault. Fantasy that feels more like sci-fi in that it talks about the present in the guise of another world, rather than being a phantasy of bucolic racialist feudalism. Has labour and a mode of production, and every story is far richer for that. Highly recommend.
Technically I restarted after leaving it too long. Not the book's fault. Fantasy that feels more like sci-fi in that it talks about the present in the guise of another world, rather than being a phantasy of bucolic racialist feudalism. Has labour and a mode of production, and every story is far richer for that. Highly recommend.
Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from …
initially thought I wasn't gonna be able to get into this because the surveillance tech/private prison dystopia is barely altered from the one we're currently in, and that's not super appealing literary escape right now. But I got sucked in and enjoyed the read overall. My gripes are that I found some aspects of it really heavy-handed, and there were also a few lines of thought/plot points that were cracked open but never fleshed out, which in some ways made things feel more realistic and less tidy but was also kind of weird and disappointing.
initially thought I wasn't gonna be able to get into this because the surveillance tech/private prison dystopia is barely altered from the one we're currently in, and that's not super appealing literary escape right now. But I got sucked in and enjoyed the read overall. My gripes are that I found some aspects of it really heavy-handed, and there were also a few lines of thought/plot points that were cracked open but never fleshed out, which in some ways made things feel more realistic and less tidy but was also kind of weird and disappointing.
Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull …
Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the …
Totally engrossing, I loved it
Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried …
Long Distance showcases Savas's devastating talent for the short story. Her shrewd encapsulations of contemporary …
This book is a collection of about a dozen 10-page short stories so it seemed like a good candidate for trying to push through even though I wasn't super immediately compelled. Thinking maybe I should try to finish more books rather than immediately abandoning ones that I'm not totally in love with. There were a few moments/stories that I enjoyed but overall I found this collection pretty bland. At least I didn't waste too much time. If you're gonna write navel-gazey stories about women where basically nothing happens I want the writing to knock my socks off. Or maybe its better than I'm giving it credit for and my tastes are just changing.
This book is a collection of about a dozen 10-page short stories so it seemed like a good candidate for trying to push through even though I wasn't super immediately compelled. Thinking maybe I should try to finish more books rather than immediately abandoning ones that I'm not totally in love with. There were a few moments/stories that I enjoyed but overall I found this collection pretty bland. At least I didn't waste too much time. If you're gonna write navel-gazey stories about women where basically nothing happens I want the writing to knock my socks off. Or maybe its better than I'm giving it credit for and my tastes are just changing.
Long Distance showcases Savas's devastating talent for the short story. Her shrewd encapsulations of contemporary life often center on characters …
In December 2010, scientists discovered a fragment of a finger bone in the remote, isolated …
this was more dry/inside baseball than I was expecting but still an interesting and soothing bedtime read. pro: dunking on race science. con: glossing over the colonization of the americas (just as an example/metaphor) without mentioning that it sucked ass for a lot of people
