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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 Death's End: 5 stars
Death's End by Liu Cixin (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 …
Raum by Suzanne Toren, Robert Petkoff, Emma Donoghue, and 2 others
Room (London: Picador; Toronto: HarperCollins Canada; New York: Little Brown, 2010), Emma Donoghue's Man-Booker-shortlisted seventh novel, is the story of …
joël rated The Dark Forest: 4 stars
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu, Joel Martinsen
Sequel to The Three-Body Problem.
joël rated 3/11 - Tagebuch nach Fukushima: 5 stars
Nimona by ND Stevenson
From the Publisher:
A National Book Award Longlist Title
The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on …
joël rated Three-Body Problem Series: 5 stars
joël reviewed Black Hole by Charles Burns
The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague …
Review of 'Black Hole' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
joël rated In Real Life: 4 stars
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang
From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look …
joël reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find …
Review of 'Children of Time' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
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.
joël reviewed HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (PARTS ONE AND TWO) (Chinese Edition) by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany by J.K. Rowling (Huang guan cong shu -- di 4586 zhong)
"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. …
Review of 'HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (PARTS ONE AND TWO) (Chinese Edition) by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
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.
joël rated Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery: 4 stars
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe
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 …
joël rated The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth: 4 stars
The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe (Rat Queens, #2)
"This booze-soaked second volume of RAT QUEENS reveals a growing menace within the very walls of Palisade. And while Dee …