Random meandering through classics, technical and contemporary literature.
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Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the American journal …
Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis …
Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie …
An extrapolation of today's, pathologies of capitalism into a post-scarcity society. A bit naive and black-and-white, good action bits though.
Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in …
Took a long time. Lots of quotable bits, some chapters a very slow going, but the latter ones tend to read better, and Molly's monologue is a classic.
Living in the information planes, meta-physics (the constants become the variables). Lots of wonderful futuristic ideas, but an Inscrutable plot.
Peony in Love is the fifth of Lisa See's novels. Her previous novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and …
Peony in Love is the fifth of Lisa See's novels. Her previous novel, Snow Flower …
17th century Chinese beliefs and the social role and position of women.
Orientalism is a 1978 book by Edward W. Said, in which the author discusses Orientalism, defined as the West's patronizing …
Orientalism is a 1978 book by Edward W. Said, in which the author discusses Orientalism, …
The East has been described by the Western authors from the position of power and superiority, trying to extract the essential traits. This lives on in the Western imagination.
Tries to appeal to emotions, but lacks the skill in manipulating them. Good reference to absurdities and injustice, but not the seminal work on civil liberties one could wish it would be.
Uninteresting protagonist, too many coincidences, plot holes. The humorous descriptions of the paupers and the demimonde pretty good, on the other hand.
