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A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
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Contains brainfog. I admire people who have a clear definition for what each number of stars means, but I give them out purely intuitively.
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jay started reading Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
Kushiel's Chosen is a historical fantasy/alternate history novel by American writer Jacqueline Carey. It is a sequel to Kushiel's Dart …
jay finished reading Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy) by Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Legacy (1))
Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy) by Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Legacy (1))
The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the …
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Osa Atoe finished reading Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by …
This is not a book to read once, set aside and move to the next thing. This is one to keep by your bedside and re-read until the lessons within become second nature. This may take years, possibly a lifetime. This is deep reprogramming work. Diving into Hersey's alternate reality will make you question what is and reimagine what is possible. Black liberationist, womanist, anti-capitalist wisdom for the ages.
jay quoted The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6.5)
This short story focuses on the bittersweet ruminations of an old woman who began a …
A proper body's not an object, not an implement. Not a belonging to be admired. It's just you. Yourself. Only when it's no longer you, but yours, a thing owned, do you worry about it.
— The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6.5) (14%)
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@picklish@books.theunseen.city is there an in-universe connection to the spider book?
@picklish@books.theunseen.city fwiw I didn't vote against it, just another option seemed more interesting.
Are both MCs POV characters?
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Osa Atoe reviewed The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto
Using high-speed photography, Dr. Masaru Emoto demonstrates that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes …
Feel-good pseudoscience
3 stars
Reading this book as a perspective on spirituality and environmentalism is probably more important than reading it for scientifically proven facts. It's clear that Emoto's research findings are colored with subjectivity. For instance, claims that water exposed to classical music create more beautiful crystals than water exposed to heavy metal betray the author's own biases. However, none of this takes away from the spiritual messaging of this book, which perfectly coincides with so many other spiritual doctrines: that consciousness creates reality, that love and gratitude are the most essential and revolutionary spiritual values.
Emoto is basically using his research on water crystallization as the standpoint from which to draw spiritual realizations, which mirror universal spiritual tenets. It's a quick and beautiful read and his photos of water crystals are fascinating and exquisite. The strength of this book is that it ties spiritual beliefs to something tangible and ubiquitous. Also, the …
Reading this book as a perspective on spirituality and environmentalism is probably more important than reading it for scientifically proven facts. It's clear that Emoto's research findings are colored with subjectivity. For instance, claims that water exposed to classical music create more beautiful crystals than water exposed to heavy metal betray the author's own biases. However, none of this takes away from the spiritual messaging of this book, which perfectly coincides with so many other spiritual doctrines: that consciousness creates reality, that love and gratitude are the most essential and revolutionary spiritual values.
Emoto is basically using his research on water crystallization as the standpoint from which to draw spiritual realizations, which mirror universal spiritual tenets. It's a quick and beautiful read and his photos of water crystals are fascinating and exquisite. The strength of this book is that it ties spiritual beliefs to something tangible and ubiquitous. Also, the idea that water has memory is an idea that has been explored in peer-reviewed scientific research and is considered credible by many, so it's not that all of Emoto's ideas are pseudo-scientific. Furthermore, an idea does not have to be scientifically credible to be valuable and useful.
jay quoted Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with …
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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As …
jay reviewed The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The …
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4 stars
I really like how it centers different access needs and handling them.
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reading tofu reviewed Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin (Forward Collection, #3)
What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive …
Emergency Skin
5 stars
Read a bit like some unhinged techbro ranting about people who do stuff differently but in a hilarious way. Absolutely recommended
jay rated Record of a Spaceborn Few: 4 stars
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
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kiki reviewed Die Zukunft ist nicht binär by Lydia Meyer
Nicht drin, was draufsteht
2 stars
Der Titel suggeriert einen Blick in die Zukunft, während sich innen lediglich am Status Quo abgearbeitet wird. Der Tonfall ist - wie man es von "linkem Aktivismus" auf Twitter kennt - belehrend, (an)klagend und die eigene moralische Überlegenheit performend. Ich kann dieses Buch niemandem empfehlen: Nicht-binäre Menschen lernen hier kaum neues und werden stattdessen in voller Breitseite (unnötig) mit trans- und nb-Feindlichkeit konfrontiert. Für aufgeschlossene, aber noch unwissende cis Menschen zieht der Anspruch zu schnell an. Für Forschende ist keine neue Position, keine Synthese oder Systematisierung zu finden.
jay rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 3 stars
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system – possessing a personality and very …