pickAfter hearing countless references in the media and lectures on top of constant recommendations from my mum (sincerest apologies… I should‘ve gotten around to it sooner…) I finally read Brave New World!! Enjoyed it much more than I expected and kept me so hooked the entire time I was reading (a rare feat with how awful my attention span has become). Hopefully the first of a better reading year than the last :)
pickThis wordless painted graphic novel is stunning in every sense of the word. The illustration is truly breath-taking and the story is quietly transportive. I spent my time both trying to solve the mystery of what happened here while also taking in this strange new world reclaimed by nature in alien ways. It‘s given me a lot to think about. (I also think it‘s fun that the artists have known each other since middle school.)
The #ClassicLSFBC pick for January is Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles", which I've read before in the Harper edition in the middle, and the GN version on the left.
While I've had it longer, I've not yet read the UK version, titled (after one of the stories) "The Silver Locusts", so I'll be using that one for the group read.
The contents are slightly different to the US edition: it drops "The Fire Balloons' and adds "Usher II", so I'll ⬇️
so-so02/100 I bought this several years ago when I thought Discovery was going to be my new sci-fi obsession. Sadly my interest burnt out after the first season, which is why it's taken me so long to get around to reading it. All in all it's pretty average, middle of the road Trek. It follows the classic formula: a little mystery, a little moral conflict, plenty of action, on and off the planet, some self-discovery, and a dash of humor. 3 ⭐⭐⭐
pick4.5⭐️
It astounds me how much Wyndham‘s writing can pull me into whatever world he‘s developed. His writing reminds me of La Guin‘s ability to create such a dynamic world in such a short amount of time. I think the conversation on intolerance and perfection was extremely poignant and still relevant 70 years later.
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pickI enjoyed this a lot. It‘s violent and heavy-handed but the characters and story are fun. Some of my complaints definitely seem to be assuaged by the ending and I will be reading the next book.
Also, I can now be even more enthusiastic about my hopes to knit the Chrysalis shawl, designed by disyarning inspired by this book 😄
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Enjoyed these stories immensely. Pretty far out, though ... even for Bradbury! 😂
pickI've read a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction and climate change dystopias. This book might be the bleakest thing since The Road, yet somehow even worse because more grounded in our current reality. I have an 18-year-old daughter, and seeing Sen go through such an excruciating ordeal as humanity dies around her was nearly unbearable. An AI subroutine charged with recording Sen's life is changed by the experience, but that's hardly consolation enough
A week later, I once again step in front of City Hall with the cameras rolling and say, “I‘m Meri Beckley, reporting for Gloss News.”
Because as much as I want this to be the end, it is simply the beginning.
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