My first proper word was ‘book’ so expect #Books#Reading - and #ScienceFiction#SciFi because I’ve been hooked since the days of Outer Limits & the Twilight Zone
Reading Field Notes From a Pandemic with breakfast.
Reading the first few chapters brought back memories of when lockdown was announced in Malaysia, everyone went into panic the night before. I tried to get essentials from the supermarket only to find everything gone. And the next day everything just went still. Malls, the center of Malaysian activity, went dead.
I was lucky to see things return to "normal". Many didn't get to.
I think I need a good book on, uh, the major themes and concepts of colonialism, the impact of technology and capitalism on colonization. Also, some histories on places that thwarted becoming a colony to someone else.
For #EarthDay 🍃via Penguin Books | ‘Grappling with the enormity of the climate crisis takes a mental toll. The vast majority (84%) of young people in particular are worried about climate change… we’ve picked a selection of fiction, nature writing, non-fiction and manifestos to offer at least slight reprieve, with realism balanced with a pinch of hope.’ #bookstodon#Reading@bookstodon
Earth Day books to inspire hope about the planet’s future | https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2023/04/earth-day-hopeful-climate-change-books
It really annoys me that most fiction in English, and more particularly that translated into English, uses measures in the imperial system. It feels strange reading this in Ireland, an anachronism with contemporary characters.
But of course it's due to us getting books destined for the larger US and UK markets #imperial#weightsAndMeasures#fiction#reading#books
I never made an #introduction post, after all this time. My name is Ben, an airy man who tends to have my head in the clouds. I'm mainly a #gaymer but my other hobbies will be included in the hashtags. So far, my experience with Mastodon has been a good one. With luck, I'll continue to create a group of people to talk with. #Reading#creativewriting#anime#manga#art
01: Mary Robinette Kowel - The Spare Man
02: Becky Chambers - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet
03: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Justice
04: Jule Owen - The Kind
05: Jule Owen - Elidir
06: Stephen Baxter - Flood
07: Stephen Baxter - Ark
08: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword
09: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Mercy
I will soon have finished Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Memory and have to go back to more books I have already read.
I have finished reading:
14: Sarah Maria Griffin- Spare And Found Parts.
Now reading:
14: The Forth Road Bridge - The Official Story (Published by the Forth Road Bridge Joint Board).
It was given to me recently by a elderly engineer friend as something I might find interesting as a bit of history.
I have finished reading:
14: The Forth Road Bridge - The Official Story.
Interesting booklet, first half was about the building of the bridge, the second half was more tourist information about that area of Scotland.
Now reading:
15: Becky Chambers - Record Of A Spaceborn Few.
I have read the Wayfarer series so many times now!