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At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. …
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} wants to read H. P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness Volume 1 by Gou Tanabe (H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness)
January 25, 1931: an expedition team arrives at a campsite in Antarctica . . . …
Just watched youtu.be/oNBqyq6aAxY?si=V7bLL-6tZ7WdcT2G and wanted to read the recommendation of many of its respondents. I accidentally misidentified this as its literary form, but the ratings and reviews are positive enough that I'm interested.
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} finished reading The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 1 by Natsu Hyūga (Natsu Hyuuga, 日向夏) (The Apothecary Diaries, #1)
Wonderful. Significantly more broad in scope and depth than I expected.
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} wants to read Through Struggle, the Stars by John J. Lumpkin (Human Reach, #1)
In 2139, a network of artificial wormholes has allowed humanity to reach nearby stars, where …
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- Through the Struggle, the Stars: Probably my favorite sci-fi story I've ever read. It's a near-future setting where the nations of earth have set up some fledgling interstellar empires using wormholes. Great read if you're a space nerd like me.
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} wants to read Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos (Frontlines, #1)
The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. For …
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- Terms of Enlistment: Military sci-fi story where humanity is at war with gigantic monster aliens who really like nerve gas. Not as campy as it sounds. It's more of an AoT feel than Pacific Rim.
A science fiction retelling of the Count of Monte Cristo.
In the homes of the wealthy, the rooms of the female members were blind, without windows or doors, open only to the jaunting of intimate members of the family. Thus was morality maintained and chastity defended. But since Olivia Presteign was herself blind to normal sight, she could not jaunte. Consequently her suite was entered through doors closely guarded by ancient retainers in the Presteign clan livery. Olivia Presteign was a glorious albino. Her hair was white silk, her skin was white satin, her nails, her lips, and her eyes were coral. She was beautiful and blind in a wonderful way, for she could see in the infrared only, from 7,500 angstroms to one millimeter wavelengths. She saw heat waves, magnetic fields, radio waves, radar, sonar, and electromagnetic fields. She was holding her Grand Levee in the drawing room of the suite. She sat in a brocaded …
In the homes of the wealthy, the rooms of the female members were blind, without windows or doors, open only to the jaunting of intimate members of the family. Thus was morality maintained and chastity defended. But since Olivia Presteign was herself blind to normal sight, she could not jaunte. Consequently her suite was entered through doors closely guarded by ancient retainers in the Presteign clan livery. Olivia Presteign was a glorious albino. Her hair was white silk, her skin was white satin, her nails, her lips, and her eyes were coral. She was beautiful and blind in a wonderful way, for she could see in the infrared only, from 7,500 angstroms to one millimeter wavelengths. She saw heat waves, magnetic fields, radio waves, radar, sonar, and electromagnetic fields. She was holding her Grand Levee in the drawing room of the suite. She sat in a brocaded wing chair, sipping tea, guarded by her duenna, holding court, chatting with a dozen men and women standing about the room. She looked like an exquisite statue of marble and coral, her blind eyes flashing as she saw and yet did not see. She saw the drawing room as a pulsating flow of heat emanations ranging from hot highlights to cool shadows. She saw the dazzling magnetic patterns of clocks, phones, lights, and locks. She saw and recognized people by the characteristic heat patterns radiated by their faces and bodies. She saw, around each head, an aura of the faint electromagnetic brain pattern, and sparkling through the heat radiation of each body, the ever-changing tone of muscle and nerve.
What a novel character.
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} wants to read Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
"Originally published in 1968, Stand on Zanzibar was a breakthrough in science fiction storytelling technique, …
Most alarming to me was Brunner’s prophetic ideas of “muckers” those people who have run amok and go on mass murder killing sprees. Brunner’s vision is not without hope, but his predictions fall too close to home to go without notice, and hopefully, with some contemplation.
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} wants to read Non-stop by Brian W. Aldiss
Roy Complain lives in a culturally-primitive tribe in which curiosity is discouraged and life is …
The synopsis at https://web.archive.org/web/20230929081901/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/384579.Non_Stop#:~:text=Curiosity%20was%20discouraged,of%20a%20primitive.:
Curiosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped Quarters, hacking away at the encroaching ponics. As to where they were - that was forgotten. Roy Complain decides to find out. With the renegade priest Marapper, he moves into unmapped territory, where they make a series of discoveries which turn their universe upside-down... Non-Stop is the classic SF novel of discovery and exploration; a brilliant evocation of a familiar setting seen through the eyes of a primitive.
...is rationale enough.
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} wants to read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today …
www.goodreads.com/review/show/343830157 worries me (although it being poorly formatted reduces my confidence in its author) yet web.archive.org/web/20240401000000*/goodreads.com/book/show/5129.Brave_New_World#CommunityReviews is 4.5 stars.
The Globalization of World Politics was more enjoyable than this book.
From the New World (Japanese: 新世界より, Hepburn: Shin Sekai Yori) is a Japanese novel by …
Heart-wrenching and introspective.
4 stars
I rarely decipher with any confidence what an author intends to convey via their fiction. However, I understand that this novel is a warning regarding the apparent solvency of society based upon humanity's history, and the need for utmost care when considering the processes by which society functions. It as importantly demonstrates the need for difficult choices to uphold that ideal, but the consequences of those choices. Its original novel form is incredible.
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} rated From the New World: 2 stars
From the New World by 貴志祐介
From the New World (Japanese: 新世界より, Hepburn: Shin Sekai Yori) is a Japanese novel by Yusuke Kishi, originally published in …
`{third: "Beedell", first: "Roke"}`{.JSON5} rated From the New World: 4 stars
From the New World by 貴志祐介
From the New World (Japanese: 新世界より, Hepburn: Shin Sekai Yori) is a Japanese novel by Yusuke Kishi, originally published in …