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Well, i've accidentally marked it as read. But i'm sure to finish it today.
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Mardijker finished reading Pushing ice by Alastair Reynolds
In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, …
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I'll say, Reynolds never failed to make me realise how vast the universe and time when space is involved. My mind is still reeling from the possibility that the timespan told in this story is more than tens of thousands of years, possibly millions. But damn, i can't stop reading it. I'll update again later.
Mardijker finished reading Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars trilogy)
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars trilogy)
The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth …
Mardijker finished reading Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic …
Took me way too long to finish it. But it was worth it though. Maybe the curse of the middle of a trilogy.
Mardijker finished reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
This novel viewpoint is weird. The characters are weird. The languages are weird. The psychology is also weird. In short, you will find things you would find normal in short supply.
Yet, i went reading it like a hot knife through a butter. It's fun, maybe because it is different, because it is weird, my curiosity piqued.
Not hard sci-fi like i used to, but the storyline is really promising.
Recommended.
Mardijker finished reading Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (1))
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (1))
Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows the beginnings of the colonization …
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Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows …
Okay, this is way longer than I expected. A fun journey though!
Recommended on HackerNews.
Mardijker started reading METRO 2035. by Dmitry Glukhovsky
METRO 2035. by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Metro 2035 (Russian: Метро 2035) is a 2015 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. Glukhovsky's third book …
Mardijker started reading Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (1))
Red Mars is the first novel of the Mars trilogy, published in 1992. It follows …
Taking another taste of Kim Stanley Robinson's best selling series.
Mardijker reviewed 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Corre el año 2312. Los avances científicos y tecnológicos han abierto una puerta a un …
In the futures where current views and morality doesn't apply
After reading Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space book, i expected a space opera where the focus is on the event on hand. But 2312 surprised me with its personal touch, where each characters have their own traits and reasoning.
Of course, there is an important event that set the plot, but in my opinion it is a secondary role.
Recommended for those puritans who are into hard scifi, and those who likes the differing personalities and relationships that this book covers.
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Christina Hendricks finished reading Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
I very much enjoyed reading this word, which is part memoir, part a report on a career (so far) of scientific findings related to how trees (and other plants) communicate through fungal networks underground. It was an engaging and enjoyable read.
The only thing is that I wish there was more acknowledgement of the generations of Indigenous knowledges that pointed to the same ideas. Simard notes that in her 20s a friend pointed out to her that "The Coast Salish say .... that under the forest floor, there are fungi that keep the trees connected and strong" (p. 66). And yet most of the book doesn't really connect to this existing knowledge even though she notes that it was there even while she was starting out. The focus is on a Western scientific approach, which is also important. But further recognition, acknowledgement, and talking about the Indigenous knowledge of the …
I very much enjoyed reading this word, which is part memoir, part a report on a career (so far) of scientific findings related to how trees (and other plants) communicate through fungal networks underground. It was an engaging and enjoyable read.
The only thing is that I wish there was more acknowledgement of the generations of Indigenous knowledges that pointed to the same ideas. Simard notes that in her 20s a friend pointed out to her that "The Coast Salish say .... that under the forest floor, there are fungi that keep the trees connected and strong" (p. 66). And yet most of the book doesn't really connect to this existing knowledge even though she notes that it was there even while she was starting out. The focus is on a Western scientific approach, which is also important. But further recognition, acknowledgement, and talking about the Indigenous knowledge of the same phenomena would have been helpful.
The subtitle of the book (which I think may not always be up to the author alone) even says that this is about a "Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest," as if this is the first time such a thing has been "discovered."
Other than this significant gap, I do think the book is interesting, well-written, and informative.
Mardijker finished reading 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Corre el año 2312. Los avances científicos y tecnológicos han abierto una puerta a un futuro extraordinario. La Tierra ya …
Mardijker started reading 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Corre el año 2312. Los avances científicos y tecnológicos han abierto una puerta a un futuro extraordinario. La Tierra ya …