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Overall a good read, but I would have preferred a little more critical examination of the fandom in general. Like, yeah, Stan Lee was the embodiment of American exceptionalism, talking himself up until even he himself believed in his own myth, a terrible person surrounded by terrible people, but I think this says a lot more about the rise of comics as a socioeconomic environment than this book dares to admit.

I am happy to say, this is spectacularly good. Very kind yet incredibly intense.

I cannot stress enough how much I liked this book.

My partner read this to me over the course of several months. It's funny and smart like most of Pratchett's work.

This was an interesting read, though I'm afraid I lacked knowledge of some cultural context (especially Japanese subculture in the 70s and 80s). Suicidal depression is a constant undertone in Suzuki's stories and some of them really got to me. All in all this collection is a very good introduction to this writer, who should hold an important place in the history of science-fiction. I definitely recommend it.

@mouse@bookwyrm.social All hail to you for letting me discover the quote function. This will fundamentally change my bookwyrm experience. :D

I am still surprised to find this on the Hugo Short list and wouldn't have read it otherwise, as I have shelved Weir under 'Dude Fiction' for some reason (the reason most likely being that so many dudes have told me how I can't be a sf fan without reading The Martian).

Extremely looking foreward to reading this. I absolutely loved the first one.

This book was terrible. For a fictional setting in which the DDR never ceased to exist is contains surprisingly little social insights into what a world like that might look like. You might think that its strengths are more on the science side, given that the author frames himself as a writer of hard science fiction, but the science part is tame and uninspired at best. The characters are one dimensional gender clichés, especially the female kosmonaut whose personality consists of having children, thinking about those children, using high tech cameras to watch her children's playground from orbit and fearing she might not be able to see her children grow up. Women, am I right lol?

No, srsly, it's a bad book and if you want to check out what German SF has to offer, pick something else (preferably Dietmar Dath).

Checking out this new German SF novel to see if it's any good. Don't have high hopes but hey you never know.

I cried. A lot. I didn't expect the ending to be this satisfying a conclusion to the underlying themes of violence and revenge. It's been a few hours now and I miss the Kaul family already.