science fiction reader & writer English / Deutsch fave authors: Bujold, Le Guin, Cherryh, Terry Pratchett, Tolkien
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Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the …
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …
Arkady was my classmate at Viable Paradise, so I may have a slight bias, but this book was awesome. Fans of CJ Cherryh should check this out.
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.
Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source …
From the perspective of those who live in Herot Hall, the suburb is a paradise. …
This book punched me in the heart. When I finished reading it, I gave it a day to digest, then read it again. It was amazing.
Anastacia Marx de Salcedo: Combat-ready kitchen (2015)
"Americans eat more processed foods than anyone else in the world. We also spend more on military research. These two …
This was an entertaining read, aimed at the general public, about how English became the ridiculous language we speak today. It is not a scholarly text, but it was still informative. Because it isn't scholarly, many of his statements are uncited, so that was a little frustrating. I definitely enjoyed the book, though.
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of …
Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle …
It's hard for me to come up with words other than "OH MY GOD" and "THIS WAS AMAZING," but I'll give it a shot.
Cheris, an infantry soldier, finds herself entangled in a long and twisty plot involving a dead traitor whose consciousness is kept alive in a kind of suspended animation.
A lot of things in the book reminded me of CJ Cherryh - the programmed formation instinct in the Kel warrior class is like the azi in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe and man'chi in the Foreigner universe. I don't know if Lee is also a fan of hers, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out.
Lee's blog profile lists the Vorkosigan series as a fannish interest, and I can see that influence, too.
If you like a lot of the books I like, you will probably like this book a lot.
Communicative Language Teaching in Action: Putting Principles to Work is designed as a basic text that intends to demonstrate principles …
Nisi Shawl: Everfair (2016)
An "alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's ... colonization of the Congo …
Valor is a comic anthology of re-imaged fairy tales showcasing the talent of some of the top creators in digital …
When the world's greatest secret agent is killed, all evidence points to Velvet Templeton, the personal secretary to the Director …
