See tagged statuses in the local Wyrms.de community
Time of Contempt (Polish original title: Czas pogardy, early title was translated less literally as …
Much improved on the first book, though still too much banter and an obfuscating flood of names & places.
Reading time 2 days, 166 pages/day
#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #BookWyrm #Fantasy #TheWitcher
Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the …
This books is amazing in many ways but is hard to compare to other more conventional stories and novels. It has a unique narrative structure and a radically chaotic use of language. I have to say I was skeptical at first and nearly gave up on this at several points, but it drew me in and by the end I was in love with its weird, quirky natures. The story itself is disjointed and a bit uninteresting when distilled from the way it is told and language used to tell it. That said it draws you in and is strong enough to hold up the novel through what is a marathon length telling. A lot of what happens in the book seems to be in service of some other purpose than serving to move the story along. It seems to be making points about society, human nature, morality and humanity …
This books is amazing in many ways but is hard to compare to other more conventional stories and novels. It has a unique narrative structure and a radically chaotic use of language. I have to say I was skeptical at first and nearly gave up on this at several points, but it drew me in and by the end I was in love with its weird, quirky natures. The story itself is disjointed and a bit uninteresting when distilled from the way it is told and language used to tell it. That said it draws you in and is strong enough to hold up the novel through what is a marathon length telling. A lot of what happens in the book seems to be in service of some other purpose than serving to move the story along. It seems to be making points about society, human nature, morality and humanity in an almost back handed way that seems like an afterthought at first, but as this pattern becomes more and more common, it becomes apparent that these statements are more the point than the telling of the actual story. I loved this book and do not regret the 60 hours I put into listening to it.
@schokolade@dju.social schau mal auf meinen #Bookwyrm Account.
Im Moment habe ich gerade einen weitere SciFi Roman in den Händen.
Teil 1 war schon gut, das ich mir gleich Teil 2 noch holen musste
@rebel_liest@wyrms.de
Wenn du das aufklappst, bekommst du auch ein paar Infos, die ich dazu immer schreibe
New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the …
I did not enjoy this one as much as the first edition, but I still feel like was a great ride on the forensic accounting rollercoaster. With solid story telling and deep dives into legal and tech ideas, I feel like I learned a lot too. Looking forward to the next Martin Hench story.
A grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world …
Just finished reading the new Cory Doctorow book, "Red Team Blues." It is a gripping story about cryptography and the world of dark finance. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it.
Nuestro propósito es mostrar cómo también existieron, y existen, en el anarquismo divergencias importantes para …
Igual que Hesiodo, Lao-Tzu o Thoreau. Mumford es uno de los sabios que se apartan, que aconsejan el retiro y la resistencia ante las escandalosas ambiciones de las élites en el poder.
En cierto modo su libro es un llamamiento al la desobediencia. como escribe Donald L. Miller en su biografía sobre Mumford:
Mumford vuelve al retiro y a la conversión --los métodos siempre apreciados por sacerdotes y profetas. históricamente, los movimientos revolucionarios que han tenido mas éxito, argumenta, fueron aquellos iniciados por individuos y pequeños grupos que horadaban los margenes del sistema de poder <>. Dicha estrategia no busca apoderarse del centro del poder sino alejarse de el y paralizarlo. En ese sentido Thoreau, no Marx, es el revolucionario más peligroso, pues Thoreau reconoció que la desobediencia es el primer paso hacia la autonomía.
— Ensayos sobre la libertad en un planeta frágil by José Ardillo
„Die Ruhar griffen am Columbus Day an. Wir trieben auf unserer kleinen blauen Murmel durch …
Oh oh oh, das habe ich echt nicht kommen sehen. So langsam wie ich das Buch angefangen habe, so schnell neigt es sich jetzt auf einmal dem Ende entgegen. So schnell, das ich mir auf alle Fälle Band 2 noch besorgen werde.
Es ist jetzt keine Hard Military SciFi aber echt gut geschrieben und auch mitunter lustig. Ich habe in letzter Zeit ein Buch so schnell durchgelesen (gut, sind noch ein paar Seiten)
„Die Ruhar griffen am Columbus Day an. Wir trieben auf unserer kleinen blauen Murmel durch …
@caos@metalhead.club @lmd@social.heise.de
Ich habe einen #Bookwyrm Account und bin damit recht zufrieden
@rebel_liest@wyrms.de und passt damit voll an meine Bedürfnisse ran und passt ins #Fediverse
"Ein geheimes Artefakt und die Zukunft der Menschheit in der Hand einer einzigen Person ... …
Ich bin gerade beim Hören des Podcast Treecorder und da wird eine Autorin vorgestellt, die selber #SciFi schreibt und da bin ich neugierig geworden. Und schon habe ich zwei Bücher gekauft von Thea Loewe und mehr zu lesen.
Wer mal reinschnuppern will: www.tealoewe.de/werke.html#avain
(3 stars = I liked it)
Three time periods are braided together by an ancient Greek tale: 15th century Constantinople, the modern day, and a space-faring future. Elaborate but tenuous. On their own each story has potential, but together they don't quite make a whole. Like Cloud Atlas but less enthralling.
Reading time 7 days, 89 pages/day
#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #BookWyrm #HistoricalFiction #SciFi
Autobiography of a woman who was a committed & diligent National Socialist (#Nazi), of her experience in youth work & propaganda, and her journey coming to terms with the truth of what she participated in. Description of the clinical dispossession of the Poles is disturbing (and new to me), as is the readiness with which everyday mediocre people were led into misguided beliefs, alternative facts & constrained thinking, to do prosaic work with horrifyingly evil outcomes.
Reading time 11 days, 26 pages/day
#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #BookWyrm #Autobiography #Biography #Nazism #WorldWar2 #WW2
A harrowing journey through foster care and the opiate crisis. So good it hurt to read. Raw deal after raw deal left my heart aching, but enough clear-sighted humanity to stave off despair.
Reading time 9 days, 61 pages/day
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful …
Adapting & building community during social collapse. Prophetic for its time, remains unsettling. God as Change could be a genuinely useful belief system. Only half a book, with ending sudden & too convenient (there is a sequel).
Reading time 5 days, 62 pages/day
Dismantles the many myths & prejudices outsiders hold about monolithic "Africa", along with a startling reminder of its colonial history and an overview of its many forms of dictatorship. Lively, enlightening & optimistic without being overly simplistic.
Reading time 6 days, 59 pages/day
