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Intruders - Mohale Mashigo
Reading Intruders felt like a breath of smoke-scented air after too many sanitized, eurocentric books. It’s as if Mohale Mashigo grabbed my usual U.S.-centric reading diet, flipped it upside down, and said: ‘Here, taste something wild, raw, and unapologetically African.’ It’s not a gentle ride — more like being dragged through myth, anger, humor, and history all at once — but it’s exactly the purge I didn’t know I needed.
► Genre: Speculative fiction, short stories — blends f…
Years of rice and salt: My opinion with spoilers
1. Title and structure► Publication year: 2002
► Genre: Alternate history, Uchronia.
► Themes: Religion, Black Death, Islam, Buddhism, Reincarnation, War, History, Theology.
► Pages: 763
This is my third book by Kim Stanley Robinson. Also, this is my first time reading him in English. Unlike the other two books I read, this one is not a sci-fi book. Also, this is the longest book I've read this year and the longest book I've read by this author. I confess that it was h…
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison
► Original publication year: 1967
► Original title: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
► Genres: Post-apocalyptic sci-fi, dystopia, speculative fiction, fantasy, cyberpunk. ► Saga: N/A
► Themes: Post-apocalyptic worlds, AI, war, torture, magic, bets.
► Awards: Hugo [1968]
► Age of author when published: 33
► Nationality: US-American
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The Dark Forest - Liu Cixin: Some criticism with spoilers
In my last post about the book, I talked mostly about why I liked the book and hinted at some issues as well. Here, I will go a bit deeper into the aspects that I didn't like in the book.
Women charactersI usually don't focus too much on character writing in science fiction because I haven't read good examples in the genre so far, so I just accept the fact the plot is more important than the characters in this genre, but, approaching the 2010's, you'd exp…
The Dark Forest - Liu Cixin: My opinion without spoilers
1. Introduction► Publication year: 2008 ► Genre: Sci-fi, fantasy. ► Themes: Chinese culture, space war, extra-terrestrial beings, technology, physics, military, politics, cryogenics, deception. ► Pages: 545
This is my second book by Liu Cixin. I read it in English and really I liked it. I think it is interesting. Read my short, spoiler-free review on Goodreads. And read some criticism with spoilers, here.
2. Title and structure ★★★★★
Great title. And it delivers within the book!…
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edogawa Rampo: My opinion with spoilers
1. Introduction
► Publication year: 1956 ► Genre: Fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, suspense. ► Themes: Japanese culture, crime, perfect murder, mirrors, obsessions, the human psyche, mutillation. ► Pages: 195
This is my first book by Edogawa Rampo (Hirai Taro). I read it in English and I liked it. I think it is well-written. Read my short, spoiler-free review on Goodreads.
2. Title ★★★★✩
You cannot help but think almost immediately on "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"…
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