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Keeping up with my New Year's resolution
Mar. 26th, 2015 01:42 amThe one that said "Every time people ask for book recommendations, be sure to give at least one that fits any axis of 'diversity', because otherwise nobody else will".
By doing this, I've recently become aware that I need to read more non-genre fiction. Or, at least, that I ought to so I can give better recommendations rather than google ones. Trying not to get disheartened by the fact that really, I'm the only one.
Sooo... quick question. The Farsala trilogy by Hilari Bell (which you all ought to read), does that count on my little diversity quota I have in my head? I mean, the main characters are all more or less Iranian, aren't they? I mean, Farsala is clearly Persia, the Hrum are obviously the Romans, and the Suud are... okay, I don't know who they're standing in for.
I have also seriously got to write up my own booklist. I'm so tired of having to google. Need to stop putting that off.
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Graphene allows strange form of ice to occur at room temperature. My first thought was "My goodness, it's ice-nine", but it's not quite that scary.
U.S. court halts Labor Department same-sex couple protections
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Why the U.S. Is Fighting Beside Iran in Iraq and Against It in Yemen
Police settle suit over use of tear gas during Missouri protests
BYU graduates complain to accrediting board over school’s treatment of lapsed-Mormon students
Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity
Universe may be on the brink of collapse (on the cosmological timescale)
New DNA construct can set off a “mutagenic chain reaction”
New Census data: Americans are returning to the far-flung suburbs
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Racist Police, Courts, Fraternities: Who Says We Don't Need Affirmative Action Anymore?
Supreme Court: Treat a Pregnancy at Least as Forgivingly as a DUI
Engineering students use sound waves to put out fires
Massive Underground City Found in Cappadocia Region of Turkey
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By doing this, I've recently become aware that I need to read more non-genre fiction. Or, at least, that I ought to so I can give better recommendations rather than google ones. Trying not to get disheartened by the fact that really, I'm the only one.
Sooo... quick question. The Farsala trilogy by Hilari Bell (which you all ought to read), does that count on my little diversity quota I have in my head? I mean, the main characters are all more or less Iranian, aren't they? I mean, Farsala is clearly Persia, the Hrum are obviously the Romans, and the Suud are... okay, I don't know who they're standing in for.
I have also seriously got to write up my own booklist. I'm so tired of having to google. Need to stop putting that off.
Tiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dots
Report: DEA agents had ‘sex parties’ with prostitutes hired by drug cartels
New York City buildings collapse in possible gas blast, injuring 12 people
When HIV Infects the Brain
Voter ID laws are screwing the planet, too
Indiana religious objections bill signed as dispute swirls
How the U.S. dropped these gory propaganda leaflets over Syria
Graphene allows strange form of ice to occur at room temperature. My first thought was "My goodness, it's ice-nine", but it's not quite that scary.
U.S. court halts Labor Department same-sex couple protections
It's Not Easy Being Scientology
Archaeologists discover Maya 'melting pot'
Chechnya Threatens to Arm Mexico if U.S. Sends Weapons to Ukraine
Why the U.S. Is Fighting Beside Iran in Iraq and Against It in Yemen
Police settle suit over use of tear gas during Missouri protests
BYU graduates complain to accrediting board over school’s treatment of lapsed-Mormon students
Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity
Universe may be on the brink of collapse (on the cosmological timescale)
New DNA construct can set off a “mutagenic chain reaction”
New Census data: Americans are returning to the far-flung suburbs
Spacecraft Traveling Close to Light Speed Should Be Visible with Current Technology, Say Engineers
Racist Police, Courts, Fraternities: Who Says We Don't Need Affirmative Action Anymore?
Supreme Court: Treat a Pregnancy at Least as Forgivingly as a DUI
Engineering students use sound waves to put out fires
Massive Underground City Found in Cappadocia Region of Turkey
US isolated as allies line up to join China-led bank
