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aWildThorp

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Joined 3 years, 6 months ago

Admin at Appalachian.Town. I enjoy science-fiction, fantasy, and some nonfiction.

When it comes to reading: the body is willing but the mind is attention deficit

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M. L. Wang: Blood over Bright Haven (2024, Random House Worlds)
Robert A. Heinlein: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1997)
Paul Kingsnorth: Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays (2017)

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Bishop Of Jerusalem Saint Cyril: St. Cyril of Jerusalem's lectures on the Christian sacraments (1986)
Stephanie Davies: Composting inside and out (2011, Betterway Home)

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C. S. Lewis: Mere Christianity (Hardcover, 1985, Barbour and Co.)
Robin Wall Kimmerer: Braiding Sweetgrass (Hardcover, 2020, Milkweed Editions)
Liu Cixin: Death's End (2017, Tor Books)

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finished reading The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman: The Sandman: Overture (2015)

The Sandman: Overture is a graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman with art by J.H. …

Coming off of the TV show, my introduction to the Sandman novels didn't disappoint. The story is intriguing and has similar beats to what I expected from the show. The most striking part of this book is the art; it pushes the limits of the graphic novel as a medium, in a similar but more drastic way than Watchmen. One of the most beautiful graphic novels I've ever seen

finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir

Andy Weir: The Martian (Hardcover, 2014, Del Rey)

I'm stranded on Mars.

I have no way to communicate with Earth.

I'm …

Incredible piece of hard-science fiction. It's a gripping story with a surprisingly emotional ending

finished reading The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1)

Liu Cixin: The Three-Body Problem (Paperback, 2016, Head of Zeus)

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. …

This book suffers from the fact that discussing almost any aspect of the book would be a spoiler. It is very good, though I do wish it were more character driven. The sequel in the trilogy, the Dark Forest, more than makes up for any shortcomings in this book however.