we are aphantastic and slow readers, always reading a bunch of books in parallel. we mostly read about anarchism, bread, neurodiversity, sci-fi, and cosy fantasy. our pronouns are it / they (plural). (Avatar: reading fox emoji, from Volpeon's Neofox emoji set)
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If a tree falls in the forest, is there any timbre? According to the American National Standards Institute, the answer must be “no,” whether or not anyone is there to hear.
— Tuning, timbre, spectrum, scale by William A. Sethares (Page 26)
Trying to come up with definition of "timbre" seems to be more difficult than expected..
Gods aren’t exactly common, but there are a lot of them, it turns out. If …
nya 🧡 :3
Gods aren’t exactly common, but there are a lot of them, it turns out. If …
“You meowed at me a lot,” they said with a big smile. “It was the cutest thing.”
Evie leaned against them with a happy sigh. “It’s like… I just couldn’t get words out,” she said
— My Friends And I Were Granted Three Wishes By A Cat Goddess And I Swear I Got Distracted When My Turn Came Around by Alex Zandra van Chestein (87%)
so relatable,,, :3
Daniela ist Autistin. Seit ihrer Diagnose wollte sie einen Comic darüber zeichnen, wie es ist, …
we're following Fuchskind a while on fedi already, so gotta read her visual books on growing up as Autistic child eventually :3
one of the few German authors on Autism that don't fall into the "Autism Mom" scheme, i.e. the books are actually from the perspective of the kids. Apparently the books can be quite helpful for the kids, relatives, and everyone else in the social circles :3
Gods aren’t exactly common, but there are a lot of them, it turns out. If …
nya nya! 🧡
seems like an intriguing piece of music theory nerdiness
A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers …
it's a pretty light-hearted read about a girl that thinks she's broken, but with the help of new friends realise she's actually aromantic and asexual!
read it a while ago, after it got recommended in a local aro/ace group (turned out a local library had a translation of this book, but we read it electronically in the English version).
there was a scene about "cheating" that we didn't like so much, but otherwise it was a nice read 💚🖤💜
A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers …
read it a while ago already, after it got recommended in a local aro/ace group.
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …
it's a bit scary to start reading yet another piece of fiction, given the afantasia (and difficulty keeping track of characters and their relations), but we're giving this book/series a try. this book (first in series of four) is by the same author of the other short series I enjoyed plenty ("Monk & Robot").
there's a list of characters on Wikipedia, and it doesn't look too complicated.
Covid is "over," right? If only that were true. Thousands of studies now show in …
got the (DRM free) epub and audiobook version from kickstarter.com
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) …
waff!
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
“You don’t, if you believe that. You’re an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not separate or other. You’re an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is. If you want to do things that are meaningful to others, fine! Good! So do I! But if I wanted to crawl into a cave and watch stalagmites with Frostfrog for the remainder of my days, that would also be both fine and good. You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.”
— A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1) (91%)
agender person and robot discussing about the absence of a purpose of life
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
myiap! :3
Without painting her as some Joan of Arc of Anarchy, this is the story of …
want to learn about the Russian Revolution, and especially the role of the anarchists. got recommended this book by a friend.
Tuniriam lebt auf IZ211, einem großen Weltraumhabitat, wie es im Sonnensystem Tausende gibt. Seit einigen …
proof read a pre-released version and was fascinated by the book. definitely the best book we read in 2024.
