Reading caves

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 fantasy, science fiction, horror, magical realism. ► Themes: Power, belonging, gender, patriarchy, race, structural poverty, injustice, feminism, myth, memory, transformation. ► Author’s Age at Publication:  35 years old. ► Nationality of Author: South African, born in Soweto. ► Settings of the Stories: Primarily South African townships and cities—especially Bloemfontein, Soweto, Johannesburg—with mythic and rural spaces like the Karoo and urban ruins. ► Year of Publication: 2018 (first published Sep...

►  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 ►  Pages : 152 I just read the collection of short stories and I wanted to share with you 10 insights I had about the book and/or the author.  1. I think the first short story is really good. A classic, a good representation of the genre. A very good story, with elements of horror and sci-fi that were popular at the time the book was published.  2. The other short stories are not my cup of tea, sadly.  Because of that, I don't think I will try Harlan Ellison for quite a while.  3. I don't think that Harlan Ellison is that good at writing short stories. I'll hav...

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! The Dark Forest theory is definitely worth thinking about. Does it exist in reality? It sounds plausible.  The structure of the book is not something the author really paid attention to.  3. Themes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1. World-building ★★ ★★ ✩ This second book is sub-par with the high level of science and philosophical inventiveness, creativity, and freshness introduced in the prior book. Nonetheless, the world-building is dece...