I'm just finishing a 2nd reading of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (by N. K. Jemison) and it's quite amazing. Greek pantheon meets modern fantasy fiction.
"We've designed a world that's extremely prone to these 'avalanches' … a system that operates with optimisation & efficiency as its main priorities, … we have no slack in the system. … We're creating a world where the [resulting] 'avalanches' are more consequential & more likely to upend our social lives."
"The stability in our daily lives is happening as the world is changing faster & more profoundly than ever before …"
Into chapter 3 of "Slow River" by Nicola Griffith @Nicolaz and quite enjoying its slightly impressionistic style. As to genre, I guess I'd call it cyberpunk?
She's a new-to-me author, a good discovery. Have a look.
I tend to avoid paper books as.they're difficult with my dyslexia.
But I was excited to get a new art book on abstract painting - a christmas gift.
And then, I saw the font.
Good Lord: tiny, narrow, no contrast, no serifs, all the letters look the same. Stylish, sure, but illegible in normal room light.Who designed this joke? 😭
While I wait for newer books to become available at the library (how many do I have on Hold?!) it's time to re-read Wool, by Hugh Howey. Amazingly, available* after just 2 days' wait! \o/
new edition is available. Old edition still has 6 months' waitlist 😕
"Kellogg's Froot Loops is catching heat from the anti-woke crowd for its latest move. … The brand is running a promotion on Canadian boxes that links kids to a free digital library … about diversity and inclusion.
The website spills the beans, saying the library was cooked up with the help of BGC Canada and Kids Can Press. They wanted families to dive into topics like kindness, acceptance, and cultural inclusivity." https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/111517777161408812
"fragmentary structure unwinds a sustained meditation on the profound relationships between memory, imagination & fiction, & the necessary alienation that comes with translating experience into language. It’s an autobiography of the writer, which is not the same – as he makes clear – as an account of the life of the person who goes by his name, 'tho sometimes the two appear to coincide."