@oarditi@mastodon.social
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

oarditi

@oarditi@mastodon.social

I'm Oliver Arditi, a fantasy worldbuilder, conlanger, and storyteller, working my way towards publication. #writing #reading #fantasy #sciencefiction #worldbuilding #conlangs

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

oarditi, to SF
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Full disclosure: I know Alex Cochran. But that’s not why I was so knocked out by this book. ‘The Pollutant Speaks’ is a beautifully written exploration of themes I’m already obsessive about: social justice, the philosophy of language, aliens, big spaceships…

@bookstodon

oarditi, to poetry
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Read as a whole body of work (which has taken me many months) Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poetry is a tragic and audacious testament to an extraordinary creative spirit.
@bookstadon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Still trying to find that elusive epic fantasy series that I completely vibe with. Tad Williams’s ‘The Dragonbone Chair’ surprised me with some great characters/worldbuilding and the high quality of the prose.

@bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Why nobody has taken by the scruff of the neck and made me read N.K. Jemisin before is an abiding mystery. ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’ is right up my street.
@bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

I’ve just dealt with the middle volume of Mike Brooks’ ‘God-King Chronicles’ series. Very entertaining, likeable characters, gripping plot, solid worldbuilding. I had a lot of fun reading it!

@bookstodon

oarditi, to journalism
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Hilary Mantel’s posthumous ‘A memoir of my former self’ is of course of great interest to fans of her fiction, but every one of the disparate, beautifully written pieces in this book is worth reading on its own merits.

@bookstodon

oarditi, to books
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

I haven’t been keeping up with random book news! First ‘Attending Daedalus’ arrived in the post, to much excite as I’ve wanted it for years and never before found a copy under £100. Then I accidentally bought a stack at Eastercon. Then the next Expanse book arrived for me at the library. So many read! 😝

+ @bookstodon

image/png
image/png

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Just arrived for me at the library, from Forest Hill in Lewisham.

@bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

The latest episode of my free grimdark fantasy serial can now be read on my blog. In ‘Prize Fighter’ the company’s second-in-command is attempting to assess a new recruit, but his efforts are hampered by an impromptu wrestling match.

https://oliverarditi.com/2024/03/25/the-blackswords-s1e5-prize-fighter/

@bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

I’ve just finished this very enjoyable, pan-historical garden fantasy (is garden fantasy a genre? It is now!), ‘Threading the Labyrinth’ by Tiffani Angus.

@bookstodon

oarditi,
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

@Narshada @oarditi @bookstodon It’s worth the wait!

oarditi, to SF
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Fission is the British Science-Fiction Association’s fiction anthology. No.3 was a great read, particularly ‘Las Artes Hipnóticas (2032)’ by David Thomas Henry Wright, ‘The Burn Out’ by Lyle Hopwood, and ‘The Precious Physical World’ by Eva Garcia Guerrero (trans. Mike Lucas)
+ @bookstodon

oarditi, to TheExpanse
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

‘Caliban’s War’ is the 2nd Expanse book, a very entertaining SF thriller with some excellent characters.
@bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

This anthology of contemporary fairytales, edited by Teika Bellamy, is a great read: mysterious, disturbing, enchanting, compassionate, life-affirming, and wise.
+ @bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

My sickbed reading. This brilliant, mind blowing book becomes even more of a swirling, psychedelic fantasia if you read it in a semi-delirium 🤣
@bookstodon

oarditi, to Neuroscience
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Robert Sapolsky’s ‘Determined’ is a very thought-provoking, enjoyable book, and a surprisingly easy read for such a hefty tome.
@bookstodon

oarditi, to SF
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

This wonderful short book is both a blistering polemic and a moving, immersive story-world.
@bookstodon

oarditi, to SF
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

My latest read is BFS Horizons . Some brilliant stories—my favourites were The Other Lost Property Office by Charlotte Forfieh, and Soul’s Remnant by Alex Nicholas. Loved some of the poems too. Admirably edited by Pete Sutton and Ian Hunter.

+ @bookstodon

oarditi, to SF
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Finally got around to reading Suzette Haden Elgin’s brilliant ‘novel of ideas’, ‘Native Tongue’. It was well worth the wait!

@bookstodon

oarditi, to escribiendo
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

Brit Bennett’s ‘The Vanishing Half’ is a brilliant, moving and mysterious exploration of family, truth, twinship and African-American experience.
@britrbennett @bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

‘The Well at the World’s End’ doesn’t quite do what most fantasy readers would like a novel to do, but it’s a beautifully crafted, intricate tapestry of language and imagination.
@bookstodon

oarditi, to writing
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

My first blog post of the new year is an interview with the most excellent horror writer Priya Sharma. This is the first of an irregular series of author interviews focussed on the practicalities of the writing life.

@bookstodon
https://oliverarditi.com/2024/01/15/in-conversation-with-priya-sharma/

oarditi, to bookstodon
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

A fascinating read, considering revenge from a psychotherapeutic perspective. Cogently argued, insightful, and thought-provoking.
@bookstodon

oarditi, to fantasy
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

I’m very excited to have received these printed issues of BFS Horizons (pictured here with my lunch), the British Fantasy Society short story magazine.
+ @bookstodon

oarditi, to SF
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

This is an audacious, brilliant follow-up to ‘Three Body Problem’, marred for me by politically naïve worldbuilding and writing of women characters that is frankly misogynistic.
@bookstodon

oarditi,
@oarditi@mastodon.social avatar

@thebaywindowgirl @bookstodon That’s interesting, any thoughts on what made it impenetrable for you?

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • anitta
  • InstantRegret
  • thenastyranch
  • mdbf
  • khanakhh
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • vwfavf
  • everett
  • rosin
  • kavyap
  • Durango
  • PowerRangers
  • DreamBathrooms
  • Leos
  • magazineikmin
  • hgfsjryuu7
  • ethstaker
  • tacticalgear
  • osvaldo12
  • ngwrru68w68
  • GTA5RPClips
  • cisconetworking
  • modclub
  • cubers
  • tester
  • normalnudes
  • provamag3
  • All magazines
    •