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.
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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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fun concept, but gets tiresome
3 stars
joël reviewed It Came from the Closet by Carmen Maria Machado
joël reviewed Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
interesting concept
4 stars
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.
joël reviewed Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt
joël finished reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
joël reviewed Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer
joël started reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
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.
joël finished reading The Death of Princes (Star Trek: The Next Generation, #44) by John Peel
joël started reading Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer
joël started reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
joël reviewed firebugs by Paula Bulling
joël finished reading firebugs by Paula Bulling
joël finished reading Network Effect by Martha Wells (Murderbot Diaries, #5)

Network Effect by Martha Wells, Kevin R. Free (Murderbot Diaries, #5)
You know that feeling when you’re at work and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in …