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Came across this because the author used to edit a cool literary magazine which unfortunately folded, which sounds a lot like my situation. So I read some articles about her, which led me to this book, which has now ended up on my "to read" list!
Picked this up from the library because I had a free book slot and wanted something I could finish quickly without it lying on my "to read" pile :P
It's actually quite thoughtfully written; in the same "accessible to everyone" style as his fiction but (depending on your opinion of that) less cheesy. This guy really wants to improve the country but he's also sensible about it and not militantly nationalistic or anything.
This was recommended to me as a book which talks about the author's career in programming, but treating programming languages as languages and examining them from that angle. I've read a bit, and it already mentions Sanskrit, tech culture, language learning, and more!
Persuasion tells the love story of Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth, whose sister rents …
I have to read this at some point and...better late than never? 😛
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
Content warning Mild spoilers for all of Babel
Okay, that was a great read! Right up till the end. I love how there's so many layers; at one level it's just a story about the trials of college and friendships, but there's also this cool subtle fantasy, and then there's the whole rampant colonialism happening in the outside world and Hermes and everything!
And somehow she managed to keep the whole "college story" vibe in the forefront for the entire first half of the book, with everything else just happening on a layer underneath (of course, after that things turned dRaMaTiC 😮)
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
@smileybone has been sitting on my head to read this so I decided to give it a go :P
Also, the introduction makes me very aware of Oxford as a place; I think I wasn't so aware back when I was reading His Dark Materials (also partly set in Oxford). Maybe another series to revisit?
The first book of a vast fantasy as rich and strange as Tolkien's "Lord of …
Okay, so I've finally managed to plough through this book (not the book's fault; just that I've spent too long not reading literary fantasy)! Felt good to be steeped in that olde language of yesteryears; in fact I think the author purposely made the language more ancient/arcane for quotes and speeches to give the feeling of being old; ironic that the entire book is like that now for us!
On a personal note, it also feels good to have got through this book because my reading is now on its way to being back on track :P
I, Robot is a fixup collection made up of science fiction short stories by American …
I was trying to pick a good starting Asimov story for @rhea@snipetteville.in but ended up (re)reading the whole book 😅
The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its controversial beginnings to our digital …
They say one shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but when I came across @chrismessina@mastodon.xyz's post about this it sounded too interesting
The first book of a vast fantasy as rich and strange as Tolkien's "Lord of …
Just discovered a cheap secondhand copy of this at Book Home! I didn't know about this series or author but I read the introductions and it sounds really interesting! Hoping to start on the story itself next (if I don't get distracted by "The Dawn of Everything"!)
A man is about to kill a cow. He discusses life and death and his …
I want to read this because @verglas@books.theunseen.city recommended it and it's always interesting to observe humans from an outside perspective!
Long time since I read a book in one sitting! :D
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
Recommended by @smileybone@todon.eu as a book that's great for readers and...(I forgot what the other things were? But I hear it's a must-read!). Hoping to get my hands on a physical copy, but maybe I'll just end up reading it on my new Kobo Elipsa
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.
The Moon will soon …
I had selected this to pick up from Book Home, but forgot to drop in on the way back and actually buy it :( anyway, it's definitely on my list for one of these days!
The Obelisk Gate is a 2016 science fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin and the …
Content warning Spoiler for 'The Fifth Season' by N.K. Jemsin
Just finished the second book in this series, and it doesn't disappoint! I was wondering how she'd carry the plot forward given that they'd already revealed the three personalities (Damaya, Syenite, Essun) to be one in the previous book. Well in this one, she's gone with actually showing different perspectives...including an interesting one that I'm not going to reveal 😉
Here's where things actually come together, by the way. In the previous book, it was just following three different people (or what we thought were three different people) through their lives, and incidentally learning about the world on the way. (Like I said earlier, we were reading it to know more about the world but those people were doing it to get their own specific problems sorted). In this one, we're actually following along with the characters and all trying together to find out about the world.