4451moanaMar 23, 20222 min readThe Man in the High Castle (book review) Philip K. Dick 220315: 6th review. just cannot help rereading this, though not much new to add, except maybe it is more convincing that life in...
4451moanaDec 20, 20211 min readPerdido Street Station (book review) China Miéville(New Crobuzon, #1) 210612: the length of this book intimidated me. i have not read it for twenty years because of this. now, after...
4451moanaDec 16, 20213 min readDeath's End (book review) Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #3) 090917: i am definitely in a gr minority (this is new?). for me this 'three body trilogy' has become...
4451moanaDec 4, 20211 min readParis in the Twentieth Century (book review) Jules Verne 210125: have to up the rating from three, as it persists in melancholy way. this is not Jules Verne as science fiction/engineering...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readFrankenstein in Baghdad (book review) Ahmed Saadawi, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 200823: dark, satiric, violent, postmodern. this vision of Baghdad in the early years of this 21st century...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readThe Player of Games (book review) Iain M. BanksCulture #2 201102: wondrous, wildly imaginative, witty. excellent space opera of different sort. vision of conflicts an utopian society...
4451moanaNov 14, 20213 min readMomo (book review) Michael Ende Marcel Dzama (Illustrations) 210422: i have read this at least three times, this is a new translation, though how different i do not know...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readTekkon Kinkreet: Black and White (book review) Taiyo Matsumoto(Black and White #1-3) .??? 2000s: great art. great art...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readOrwell (book review) Pierre Christin, Sébastien Verdier (Illustrator) 210708: once again i do not know if i should rate this five as it is read in French. but artwork is...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readSquare Eyes (book review) Anna Mill, Luke Jones070419: riley found this on his trip to france though i guess we are supposed to find it on the internet. graphics stores did not have...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readThe True Believer (book review) Eric HofferThoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
4451moanaNov 9, 20211 min readDaughters of Earth (book review) Justine Larbalestier (Editor) et al.Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century 100817: an excellent critical/anthology work. several stories i have read before (and i...
4451moanaNov 9, 20211 min readThe Water Will Come (book review) Jeff GoodellRising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World 080120: every year in february i visit my mom’s hometown of waimea,...
4451moanaNov 9, 202113 min readBring on the NightMichael K Laidlaw About 4 000 words #406 3524 31st NW Calgary, Canada, T2L 2A5 Email: 4451moana@gmail.com Bring on the Night by Michael...
4451moanaNov 8, 202119 min readAfter the RainMichael K Laidlaw About 5 000 words #406 3524 31st NW Calgary, Canada T2L 2A5 Email: 4451moana@gmail.com After the Rain by Michael...
4451moanaNov 8, 202118 min readVertMichael K Laidlaw About 5 000 words #406 3524 31st NW Calgary, Canada T2L 2A5 Email: 4451moana@gmail.com Vert by Michael Kamakana When I...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readKallocain (book review) Karin Boye,Gustaf Lannestock (Translator), Richard B. Vowles (Introduction) 270315: bleak, believable, banal, beautiful- best dystopia of which i...
4451moanaNov 7, 20211 min readThe Memory Police (book review) Yōko OgawaStephen Snyder (Translator), Markus Juslin (Translator) 131119: i think i will give this an immediate review, without reflection,...