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 23, 20211 min readThe Only Good Indians (book review) Stephen Graham Jones211223: might have enjoyed [book:My Heart Is a Chainsaw|55711617] more, as this is 'supernatural/misunderstanding' from first page,...
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 20, 20212 min readThe Scar (book review) China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #2) 210712: actually maybe less than five- but i did read it in three sittings. seems to be quibbling to say i never liked...
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 16, 20211 min readThe Three-Body Problem (book review) Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1) 180115: do you like astrophysics? quantum physics? physics?- science at all? or maybe just ‘scientism’...
4451moanaDec 16, 20212 min readThe Dark Forest (book review) Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) 020616: this is engineering fiction written by engineers for engineers. beware readers who are not sf...
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 22, 20212 min readChildren of the Sea, Volume 1 (book review) Daisuke Igarashi (Children of the Sea, #1) 230915: possibly the most beautiful art i have seen in graphic work. in extensive depiction of the seas, the...
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 16, 20211 min readThe Star (story) Arthur C. Clarke(The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke #3) 210107: from childhood. this still greatly emotionally affects me, i do not remember when...
4451moanaNov 14, 20213 min readCopenhagen (book review) Michael Frayn201209 third reading: my father (physical chemist) died 2 March and since then i keep discovering things i would talk to him about, this...
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 readThe Eternaut (book review) Héctor Germán Oesterheld(El Eternauta #1) Francisco Solano López (Artist), Erica Mena (Translator) 020416: read in two sittings, this argentine work surprises me...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readThe 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane (book review) Philippe Druillet(Lone Sloane #2) 141019: whoa. now this is what i mean when i say the best art is that which expresses itself in the right medium. short...
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 readDescender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars (book review) Jeff Lemire (Writer) Dustin Nguyen (Artist) (Descender #1) Steve Wands (Goodreads Author) (Letterer) 081219: i decide to revisit this series. i am still impressed with how concise...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readSwamp Thing: Protector of the Green (book review) Scott Snyder, Yanick Paquette (Illustrations) (Swamp Thing (2011) #1-2) 120519: rec from riley. superhero comics... or maybe just ‘weird’ comics? ‘horror’ comics? not something i know...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readThe World of Edena (book review) Mœbius(Le Monde d'Edena #1-4) Laure Dupont (Translator), Brandon Kander (Translator), Diana Schutz (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Philip R....
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...