Read Memory Called Empire
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conulyHad the hardest time getting into it, but I think that was residual Goblin Emperor feels. I'm gonna read it again straight through.
Also read A Crack in the Sea, which was part of my (endless) backlog. Oddly enough, given the fact that the author switches POV and setting like normal people change their socks, the story was pretty straight-foward, even by MG standards. Also, a huge part of the story has to do with the Zong Massacre, and do not click that link if you want to retain any faith in humanity. As the author's note puts it, in fantasy you can make it so that some of those unhappy people survived and were able to make new lives for themselves, but in real life that just didn't happen. Even the survivors weren't that lucky. So if you're planning on handing this book to a preteen, do your homework first - skim the book and make sure your kid can handle that backstory.
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Also read A Crack in the Sea, which was part of my (endless) backlog. Oddly enough, given the fact that the author switches POV and setting like normal people change their socks, the story was pretty straight-foward, even by MG standards. Also, a huge part of the story has to do with the Zong Massacre, and do not click that link if you want to retain any faith in humanity. As the author's note puts it, in fantasy you can make it so that some of those unhappy people survived and were able to make new lives for themselves, but in real life that just didn't happen. Even the survivors weren't that lucky. So if you're planning on handing this book to a preteen, do your homework first - skim the book and make sure your kid can handle that backstory.
Why the Cool Kids Are Playing Dungeons & Dragons
Mathematicians may have found the fastest way to multiply huge numbers
Finland gave people free money. It increased their trust in social institutions.
Dan Robbins, Who Made Painting as Easy as 1-2-3 (and 4-5-6), Dies at 93 (In tribute, check out this Calvin and Hobbes.)
How did US and Ethiopia become so close?
When a massive Caribbean volcano erupts, the island’s residents flee, leaving their beloved animals behind. As pets and livestock are engulfed in ash and penned in by lava, waiting to perish, three brave souls risk death and evade the law to save every last one. A modern-day Noah’s Ark.
I read NPR's 100 “best” fantasy and sci-fi novels - and they were shockingly offensive (Article from 2015)
Move back to your dying hometown. Unless you can’t.
The Real Reasons Legacy Preferences Exist
I Followed My Father Into the Marines. But It Was Different for a Woman.
Recycling Isn’t About the Planet. It’s About Profit.
78 new measles cases reported nationwide since last week, CDC says (Maybe we would've had some of this without Andrew Fucking Wakefield, but I still maintain he should be locked up, the fraud.)
Measles: How a preventable disease returned from the past
Scientists Thought They Had Measles Cornered. They Were Wrong.
How the rise of right-wing nationalism is jeopardizing the world's health
The Migration Crisis and the Future of Europe: The identity crisis imperiling the continent isn’t one of race and religion. It’s one of Europe’s willingness to preserve and expand its liberal values.
The Death of an Adjunct
In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections
Columbine students start campaign to share images of their death if they're killed in gun violence
Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate
When It Comes to the Death Penalty, the Supreme Court Legalized Torture Long Ago
25 years after genocide, Rwanda has a new light, says leader
As renegade general closes in on Tripoli, many civilians are trapped while deaths and displacement increase
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Date: 2019-04-09 06:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-09 01:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-09 03:03 pm (UTC)That article about multiplying large numbers has some interesting implications for the state of current cryptography, if it can be extended to smaller numbers.
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Date: 2019-04-11 09:59 am (UTC)Yeah, one of my book groups discussed Kuang's Poppy War, which is based on history and happens to include genocide. It has some strengths for a war novel, but genocide.... not so much.
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Date: 2019-04-13 04:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-04-13 04:20 am (UTC)I loved the character interactions so much.