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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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joël rated Moonstruck: 5 stars
Moonstruck by Grace Ellis
"Werewolf barista Julie and her new girlfriend go on a date to a close-up magic show, but all heck breaks …
joël rated My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness: 5 stars
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata
The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt …
joël rated The End of All Things: 4 stars
The End of All Things by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #6)
Humans expanded into space…only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the …
joël rated The Human Division: 4 stars
The Human Division by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #5)
B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order …
joël rated Zoe's Tale: 4 stars
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #4)
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?
I ask because it's what I have …
joël rated The Last Colony: 4 stars
The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #3)
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his …
joël rated The Ghost Brigades: 4 stars
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the second book set in his Old …
joël rated Old Man’s War: 4 stars
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Old Man’s War #1)
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
Mühsam by Jan Bachmann
Der junge Lübecker Poet und Anarchist Erich Mühsam (1878–1934) wird im Sommer 1910 von seinen besorgten Brüdern auf Kur in …
joël rated Provenance: 4 stars
Provenance by Ann Leckie
A stand-alone adventure set in the world of Ancillary Justice. Ingray has just one chance to secure the status she …
joël rated EGOs. Volume 1, Quintessence: 4 stars
joël rated Death's End: 5 stars
Death's End by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #03)
Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is …