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(The pages go backwards, but still, this means I'm like 1/3 done)
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you can have a little bit of prefigurative politics (as a treat)
4 stars
This was super fun. I thought the oral history format was a really clever format choice, like looking into a giant construction site through little windows cut in the scaffolding and only kind of being able to grasp the depth of the pit. I kept thinking about KSR's New York 2140 and how it couldve been the same world almost, but with more grittiness and trauma and explanations about how we get from here to fully automated gay luxury space communism. I'm pretty sure I have big political differences with the authors, but I seriously enjoyed it nonetheless. I'd really appreciate seeing more of this kind of fantastic dreaming from those who want a drastically different world.
people like books finished reading The prison memoirs of a Japanese woman by Kaneko, Fumiko (Foremother legacies : autobiographies and memoirs of women from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America)
The prison memoirs of a Japanese woman by Kaneko, Fumiko (Foremother legacies : autobiographies and memoirs of women from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America)
Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926) wrote this memoir while in prison after being convicted of plotting to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Despite …
people like books started reading The prison memoirs of a Japanese woman by Kaneko, Fumiko (Foremother legacies : autobiographies and memoirs of women from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America)
The prison memoirs of a Japanese woman by Kaneko, Fumiko (Foremother legacies : autobiographies and memoirs of women from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America)
Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926) wrote this memoir while in prison after being convicted of plotting to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Despite …
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
fun anti-colonial fantasy-lite
4 stars
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The only thing I can hold against it is it's a tiiinnnny bit heavy handed with the metaphors, otherwise this is a super fun and satisfyingly anticolonial take on kid-gets-whisked-off-to-another-life genre. For the fantasy-adverse, there's a small amount of magic but it doesn't go off the rails in that regard.
people like books commented on Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
I'm off for a week and I just finished what I'd been reading, I think I'm gonna give this another shot.
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
Early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side. The alienation of an unnamed young …
sleepy
4 stars
Moshfegh is a reliably good writer, this was the only one of her books I've read that I wasnt extremely upset by, ha. Excellent bedtime read because its mostly about sleeping and it made me very sleepy.
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
people like books started reading The Nation on No Map
The Nation on No Map
A call for a radical transformation in the face of widespread crisis.
The Nation on No Map examines state power, …
people like books finished reading My year of rest and relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
My year of rest and relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side. The alienation of an unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly …
people like books wants to read The Nation on No Map
The Nation on No Map
A call for a radical transformation in the face of widespread crisis.
The Nation on No Map examines state power, …
people like books reviewed The Employees by Olga Ravn
Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and …
a vibey time in corp. space
4 stars
I liked the idea of this book a bit more than actually reading it–still, it was extremely strange and beautiful, and was nice to read while digesting some grief/death related feelings. Would recommend reading a synopsis beforehand.
people like books finished reading The Employees by Olga Ravn
The Employees by Olga Ravn
Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members alike complain …