German and English reading, commenting in the book's language
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Avatar is the planet Annarres from Ursula Le Guin's "The Dispossessed", drawn by Markus Weber
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With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The …
Again listening to the German audiobook. Like Nice to meet a familiar face after #3 was all new people. Not much of a suprise that I'm enjoying this one as well!
Return to the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, as humans, artificial intelligence, aliens, and some beings yet undiscovered explore …
Return to the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, as humans, artificial intelligence, aliens, and …
Excited to see where Becky Chambers takes me this time. Liked part 1 and 2 in different ways and am ready for the next.
Listening to the German audiobook again. Got used to the different voice tones ()? by now and as I generally struggle with names in stories they help me a lot.
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - …
So far, I like this even more than the first one! Again listening to the German audiobook.
@SevenOfNein thanks! Like it a lot so far.
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …
Started listening to the German audiobook.
A new world is possible and not just in our hearts. Anarchic Agreements is a quintessential field guide for the …
Demokratie und Wohlstand, ein längeres Leben, mehr Gleichberechtigung und Bildung: Der Kapitalismus hat viel Positives bewirkt. Zugleich ruiniert er jedoch …
Demokratie und Wohlstand, ein längeres Leben, mehr Gleichberechtigung und Bildung: Der Kapitalismus hat viel Positives bewirkt. Zugleich ruiniert er jedoch …
@tastytea@bookwyrm.social oh no! Did you see it after finishing the book? 😅
@tastytea@bookwyrm.social I know that feeling, I'm super bad with names in fiction, books not as bad as movies or series but still. I often thought about making references but never tried so far
Sorry for posting this to the English version, I didn't see a German version but wanted to save some quotes.
Die Philanthropie hat ihren Tag gehabt und ist vergangen, Sparsamkeit und Selbsthilfe verschwinden; Beteiligung an den Profiten, Parlamentarismus und allgemeines Wahlrecht, der Staats-Sozialismus kommen und gehen den selben Weg, und die Arbeiter stehen zuletzt im Angesicht der Tatsache, dass diese moderne Zivilisation mit ihrer ausgefuchsten Hierarchie und ihrem eisernen Drill als unerträgliche Last auf ihrem Rücken liegt und keine Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit, die dem Boss einen Profit lässt, wird den Arbeitstag kurz genug machen.
— William Morris & the communist ideal by Emily Caroline Gibson Townshend (Fabian tract)
