he/him, cis. ~37 years. journalism, podcasts, writing. and also reading, of course.
I like sci-fi, plants, public transport, ttrpgs, lasagna, birds. Thinking a lot about the apocalypse, the climate, monsters and queerness.
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91% complete! joël has read 22 of 24 books.
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. …
At this point, I'm already 2 hours in. The language was hard to grasp at the beginning, but that has either been smoothed or I have become better at grasping it. Very enjoyable, but I'm also glad I've read a goodreads comment where somebody explained what this is about (Buddha’s son Rahula).
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what …
Y: The Last ManmeetsThe Girl With All the Giftsin Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that …
Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, …
In the very first chapters, there was already a scene where I pondered if this was going to be too brutal for me. But I think I'm hooked anyway.
All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea …
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with …
I enjoyed this a lot, even if I found the viewpoint of the young emperor sometimes a bit tired, because it seemed to slow down the narrative. Will have to think about all the different perspectives on personhood and assimilation that are offered here.
I found this as an audiobook on an old HDD, quite mysteriously. The premise is fun, but most of the short stories are presented in form of fluffy newspaper articles, which I found a bit tiresome after a while. The last two or so stories aren't, and I enjoyed them more.
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the films that …
I think I expected a less personal approach to the subject, but I found this very good and enlightening as well.
A junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to …
A friend recommended me this after I wrote a blog post about real-world towers that would be good magical towers in 1000 to 10 000 years. This is, in a way, a story about such a tower. It has also a protagonist that has some curious parallels with Murderbot, which I enjoyed. It is also quite short and doesn't overstay its welcome.
When a transphobic woman bombs Frankie’s workplace, she blows up Frankie’s life with it. As …
Disgusting and brilliant. I liked this very much, I would have loved a little bit more of the "main plot", but I liked the rest a lot.
I liked this a lot. It's been five years since the "official" start of the COVID 19 pandemic in western Europe, so this felt like a very timely lecture. Bonus: the cover has a very beautiful gold effect.
I liked this, but damn it is bleak.
So that's going to be it, isn't it? An audiobook, an ebook on the tablet, and a paperback to read on Saturday mornings while drinking coffee? Here, also, very small chapters, at least in the first … part(?). Reads very well. Kinda want to make another coffee, get back in bed read it all in one go.
The fact that this is a Star Trek novel from the 90s, and the paperback looks and feels that way – cheap and glamorous at the same time – seems more important than the stories. Typical Star Trek TNG stuff, not very surprising, but nice to read a few pages before going to sleep anyway.
