What Are You Reading 2015 - Page 23
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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oneofthem
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pedrlz
Brazil5234 Posts
I just want to find a place to go read reviews, new books, maybe some short stories and interview, etc. Do you guys have any recommendations? | ||
dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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pedrlz
Brazil5234 Posts
On April 16 2015 09:06 dmnum wrote: Since you're from Brazil: O Rascunho is the best thing we have. On an international level, NYRB and Paris Review are both good. brasil stronk have you ever read coivara da miséria? I read good things about it, but I'm not sure if I want to read another book about nordeste (nothing against it, but seems that so many brazilians books are about the red earth and dryness, I'm afraid that is a little much of the same) | ||
dmnum
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babylon
8765 Posts
On April 16 2015 08:46 pedrlz wrote: how hard is to find a blog/website dedicate to literature, people? I just want to find a place to go read reviews, new books, maybe some short stories and interview, etc. Do you guys have any recommendations? The only (public) book blog I read on a regular basis is The Idle Woman. The person who runs the blog reads and writes pretty insightful reviews of historical fiction/fantasy, if you're into that at all. | ||
oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
https://books.google.com/books?id=B4weBwAAQBAJ a podcast by the author http://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/MITP_Phillips.mp3 actually she's updating the book in response of the gamergate inferno so i guess it's a premature recommendation. | ||
babylon
8765 Posts
In any case, finished reading The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. Very pleasantly surprised! Well-written and briskly placed. Style reminded me of Robin Hobb's but less dense. I only have some minor criticisms to level ather characterizations, but otherwise, I love how she worked out Merlin's backstory. Moving onto The Goblin Emperor, which a couple of my friends have been raving about. (Still not as hyped as Leckie's Ancillary Justice, which I need to pick up later.) | ||
fancyClown
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Finally they got the attention they were so desperately seeking. | ||
oneofthem
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Sub40APM
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fancyClown
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After that, I will start with: | ||
babylon
8765 Posts
(That said, I'm really happy that a semi-famous Chinese-American author is finally writing a China-centric fantasy novel. It seems long overdue. Also, I'm aware that Hughart and GGK are both well-established, and Liu is just getting started.) | ||
dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
For the hundredth time. Getting ready to tackle Ulysses again. | ||
Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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Surth
Germany456 Posts
Not as gripping as Empire of Liberty, what with the lack of cohesion, but it makes for great 20 minute bus reading, short interesting 10 page chapters. | ||
babylon
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Damn good book. It somehow manages to be a busy court intrigue novel filled with all sorts of understated but powerful scenes. Semi-grimdark, but it is dragged out of the grimdark subgenre by sheer force of the main character's dogged sense of decency. Easily the best fantasy book I've read this year so far (minus my reread of Lions). I can see why it was nominated for best novel for both the Nebula (2014) and Hugo (2015). Excited to pick up the other hyped books now (Ancillary Justice & Golem and the Jinni). If they're all as good as this one, I'll be ecstatic. :D I've also been trying to find a copy of Valente's Orphan's Tales duology but haven't had any luck yet. | ||
Surth
Germany456 Posts
Keeping in mind that I also still ahve A THousand Plateaus lying around, this will be my last french purchase for the year. I feel like Deleuze, Baudrillard, Derrida and Foucault were all basically mad about the fact that they didnt have much to add to what NIetzsche already said, although to varying degrees. Foucault kind of admits that he's more of a scholar(historian) than a philosopher, I guess, so kudos. Baudrillard just should have stopped writing at some point, his later works are all so sad. Derrida never should have started writing... Which leaves Deleuze, about whom I am still not entirely sure - so Bergsonism to the rescue, I suppose. I think once I am back in august I will either start with some german stuff again (hegel or benjamin) or just shelve philosophy for the year entirely. | ||
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