science fiction reader & writer English / Deutsch fave authors: Bujold, Le Guin, Cherryh, Terry Pratchett, Tolkien
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Stanley Aronowitz: The death and life of American labor (2014)
"Union membership in the United States has fallen below 11 percent, the lowest rate since before the New Deal. Longtime …
Karen Lord’s debut novel, the multiple-award-winning Redemption in Indigo, announced the appearance of a major new talent—a strong, brilliantly innovative …
Interesting perspective on the Pullman strike from the man who was pastor at the church in Pullman.
This is a very brief overview aimed at sixth graders. I was looking for a general overview of the Pullman strike to see what I wanted to read more about, and it gave me that. I think it took me 45 minutes or an hour to read.
Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator, Capt. …
"Naomi Novik's beloved series returns, with Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air …
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.
Then a search of …
Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonaparte's invading forces. When China discovers that their rare gift, …
His Majesty's Dragon, published in the UK as Temeraire, is the first novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by …
Magic and mayhem collide with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut.
At …
I enjoyed this book. It had all the fun parts of Heyer or Kowal's glamourist series plus a look at the consequences of British imperialism. But I think I may have liked it more if I hadn't read Uprooted first.
"Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them …
