‘The Invention of Morel’ (1940) by Adolfo Bioy Casares is usually classed as ‘literary fiction’ (whatever that means), but for me it’s an exemplary piece of fantastika.
Was out today and had unexpected free time but no book!
I opened my @omnivore app on my tablet and read the short story "The Mausoleum's Children" by @aliettedb in @UncannyMagazine. It was so good!! I'm so glad I discovered both the story and the magazine here. Moral of the story - do your best to always have something good to read!
@1dalm One of the more thought provoking books I have read over the past few years is "The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson. Its central premise is that if Europe was wiped out by the Black Death, history would have unfolded roughly in the same manner but in different places. So the Renaissance happened in Samarkand and the Industrial Revolution took place in South India in Travancore. So yes, I think it would have happened.
#TheMortalInstuments
was good enough to hold my interest. It wasn't best one I have read, no eather worst one. There were times when I really enjoyed reading and times, when I was just thinking oh my, how awkward. Unfortunately the Netflix-serie was strongly in my mind influencing my reading experience. I actually hoped I hadn't seen the show (even thought I lived it).
@bookstodon#TheDarkArtifices was way better. I loved characters and plot was more interesting. Of course one reason could be that I didn't know what was going to happen.
But I didn't like everything. In the end the problem of the Nephilim and the Parabats was not resolved nicely. I think there were too big holes in the final result, how closure were built. This was reason I wouldn't give 5 stars. #books#bookstodon#reading#speculativeFiction#Fantasy#CassandraClare
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Two books I loved, part 1: Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda, which is about four entrants in a classical piano competition in Tokyo, and the characters are all interesting and charming but best of all it just has wonderful writing about music -- like the title itself as a description of how a particular player makes a particular piece sound. It's beautiful, and unlike many books with multiple POVs, I loved all the protagonists equally and was never annoyed by a switch at the wrong time. Just beautiful stuff.