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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From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look …
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find …
Never thought i would actually root for a spider civilisation. Yet, i did. The story had quite a long start, and while the human-part got a bit repetitive, I really enjoyed the struggels of the artificially enhanced spiders. Very intelligent and satisfing science fiction.
"十九年過去了, 哈利波特從一個勇敢的男孩蛻變為三個孩子的父親. 即使如此, 他依然深陷於往事的惡夢中, 他夢見父母, 夢見犧牲的夥伴, 思念和歉疚緊緊抓著他不放. 當他的閃電疤痕隱隱作痛, 哈利開始懷疑:「那個人」難道還沒有放過他? 最讓哈利感到憂心的, 是他與小兒子阿不思降至冰點的關係. 如果可以的話, 阿不思真不願意身為哈利波特的兒子, 彷彿必須要成為另一則「傳奇」, 才配得上他的父親. …
Nice piece of fanfiction. I liked the glimpse into the HP universe after all these years, but I don't know if a novel wouldn't have been better. Everything feels too quick, too hastly and if it would take place on a stage with a cardboard set. I am missing the details, the depth of the books. The story is interesting, but I do like time traveling stories, so YMMV. It felt like a particular good episode of Doctor Who with the cast of Harry Potter. Entertaining and nice, even if I kept asking myself how they are going to do all the magic special effects on a stage. Read if you are a fan (who isn't?), keep away if you are not or if you hate/want to forget the epilogue that shall not be mentioned.
Who are the Rat Queens?
A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they're in the business of killing all …
"This booze-soaked second volume of RAT QUEENS reveals a growing menace within the very walls of Palisade. And while Dee …
"The written word is mightier than the sword--most of the time... Working in an alternate version of Victorian London, Librarian-spy …
Boy, Plum Tree, Meaning of Life, Sacrifices, 7th Graders, Disturbing
I needed something thin to finish my goodreafs challenge and found this book my little brother had to read for school. It's a gut-wrenching story about a boy who lives in a tree and tells the other children in his class that nothing has meaning in life. They try to prove him wrong by collecting a mountain of things with special meaning. Their quest turns ugly as each request gets more daring and morbid as the next one. The end is heartbreaking. Definitely not an easy book, but I would be curious how this is talked about in class.
Women may hold up more than half the sky on earth, but it has been …
I guess the premise and title are quite cis-sexist, so that's a minus. For the rest, I liked most of the stories, some were really excellent. Only "This Alakie and Death of Dima" wasn't for my taste as the language was too complicated and constructed to follow the storyline, even if I liked the idea of plant-based beings a lot. If you like sci-fi and want to get to know some new authors, take a look at this fine collection of short stories. My favourites were "The Shape of tought" by Ken Liu and "Landfall from the blood star frontier" by Joan Slonczewski.
Eisner Award-nominated writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel) and Valentine De Landro (X-Factor) team up to bring you …
While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, …
I don't know why, but the urge to read this classic came to me. I read the book countless times as a child, but reading it as an adult (who knows the ending) was a different experience altogether. I guess in my memory the novel was better constructed, Poirot was more brilliant and the story took several days. But yay, nostalgia!
