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joël

jollysea@wyrms.de

Joined 1 year ago

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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reviewed Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Elder Race (Paperback, 2021, Tordotcom)

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the …

interesting concept

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.

reviewed Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

Alison Rumfitt: Brainwyrms (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

When a transphobic woman bombs Frankie’s workplace, she blows up Frankie’s life with it. As …

Disgusting and brilliant.

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.

finished reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel: Sea of Tranquility (2023, Pan Macmillan, PAN MACMILLAN)

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.

started reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel: Sea of Tranquility (2023, Pan Macmillan, PAN MACMILLAN)

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.

finished reading Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

Martha Wells, Kevin R. Free: Rogue Protocol (AudiobookFormat, 2018, Recorded Books) No rating

Sci-fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris …

This was, as usual, very good, but I did not like the other bots and/or humans as much as in the books before. Which … I might just relate to murderbot a lot at this point.

finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)

Martha Wells: Artificial Condition (EBook, 2018, Tordotcom)

It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past …

Loved every minute. I kinda ship Murderbot and ART, but only in a "let's watch media together"-way.

finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells, Kevin R. Free: All Systems Red (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Recorded Books) No rating

All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series …

Loved this. Guess I'll binge all the audiobooks of this series in the coming weeks.