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Ssquiggle rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed (Paperback, 1994, Eos)

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The story takes place on the fictional planet Urras and its moon Anarres (since Anarres is massive enough to hold …

Ssquiggle rated The Future is Degrowth: 4 stars

Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan: The Future is Degrowth (Paperback, 2022, Verso)

The Future is Degrowth by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan

Economic growth isn’t working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in …

Ssquiggle rated The Hanging on Union Square: 5 stars

H. T. Tsiang: The Hanging on Union Square (Paperback, 2019, Penguin Classics)

The Hanging on Union Square by H. T. Tsiang

Ssquiggle rated Klara and the Sun: 4 stars

Kazuo Ishiguro: Klara and the Sun (Hardcover, 2021, Faber & Faber)

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …

Ssquiggle rated Severance: 5 stars

Ling Ma: Severance (Hardcover, 2018, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Severance by Ling Ma

Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. So she barely notices when …

Ssquiggle finished reading Severance by Ling Ma

Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. …

Really beautiful and haunting commentary on what it means to be a citizen of late stage capitalism, and how we conceptualize our entire lives and memories through the products we consume, and those around us consume.