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Mithu Sanyal: Antichristie (Hardcover, Deutsch language, 2024, Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG)

London 2022, die Königin ist tot! An den Trauernden vorbei rennt Durga: internationale Drehbuchautorin, Tochter …

ok cool

hab viel über den indischen unabhängigkeitskampf gelernt. witzig geschrieben (mag mithu sanyals humor sehr), aber etwas langatmig und von der krimi-handlung war ich nicht so überzeugt.

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe Of Heaven (Paperback, 2008, Scribner)

In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one …

very different from her other works

This one, to me, seemed very untypical for Le Guin. I would have thought it was one of her first, but actually it was written after the hainish cycle. The Taoism is very on the nose here, but it doesn't have much of the poetry and the reverence for life and mind that I loved about her other works.

It was written as an homage to Philip K. Dick and it really read more like one of his novels, like classical 70s sci-fi.

Charlie Jane Anders: All the Birds in the Sky (2016, Titan Books Limited)

Patricia is a witch who can communicate with animals. Laurence is a mad scientist and …

creative and fun

set against the backdrop of climate change and ecocide, with cool characters, and a nice conflict between witchcraft and science. i really like that the book doesn't take itself too seriously, even though it is dealing with the big questions. also, there were some really fresh ideas. i really loved that it's in between a young adult and truly-adult book. i loved the friendship between the main characters but i really HATED that it turned into a love story. otherwise this might have been 4 or 5 stars for me.