I'm a Japan-based English professor, researching & writing on utopia, dystopia, ecotopia, solarpunk, hopepunk, antiracism, LGBTQ+ themes, ecocriticism, and monster theory, with a focus on writers such as Octavia Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ursula Le Guin, Miyazaki Hayao, Terry Pratchett, Margaret Atwood, HP Lovecraft, Paolo Bacigalupi, Herman Melville, and more.
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He was a fully grown man, alone in dense forest, with no trail to show where he had come from …
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
The star-spanning story of humanity's colonization of other planets, Ursula K. Le Guin's visionary Hainish novels and stories redrew the …
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet …
The star-spanning story of humanity's colonization of other planets, Ursula K. Le Guin's visionary Hainish novels and stories redrew the …
In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin tells the story of human origin by …
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female during each mating cycle, and …
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out to test the ancient prophecies …
In this episode of "The Earthsea Cycle", the widowed Tenar finds and nurses her aging friend, Sparrowhawk, a magician who …
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to …
This captivating story of Hiroshima was one of the original Japanese manga series. New and unabridged, this is an all-new …
David Farnell
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This captivating story of Hiroshima was one of the original Japanese manga series. New and unabridged, this is an all-new …
"After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone - are …
David Farnell
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"After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone - are …
David Farnell
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A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, …
A good short story (I think I discovered it in an award shortlist?) inspired by Asian history and religions. Perfect length to read on a train ride.
