Yelena Calavera

more photos (1)

Yelena Calavera’s Followers (14)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Morgan ...
1,375 books | 586 friends

Daniel ...
227 books | 94 friends

Michael...
65 books | 33 friends

Lena Graef
28 books | 7 friends

April
32 books | 15 friends

Brendon...
27 books | 40 friends

Khalil
99 books | 38 friends

Dave-Br...
1,415 books | 973 friends

More friends…

Yelena Calavera

Goodreads Author


Born
in Johannesburg, South Africa
Website

Twitter

Genre

Influences
Russian and Eastern European literature, notably Dostoevsky, Kundera a ...more

Member Since
September 2013


Yelena is a sci-fi and tech fanatic with a bit of a pyromaniac bent. She daylights as a rogue economist, keeping close to the frontier and watching out for hints as to what the possible future of our civilization may be. She has also been known to dabble in deranged adventure journalism, writing notoriously loony articles for publishers such as Mahala and JHBLive. She has a passion for intelligent dance music (IDM) and regularly reviews dark and brooding music for Chicago-based electronic music label Tympanik Audio. Yelena has a pair of headphones permanently attached to her head and a book collection she hopes will one day engulf Johannesburg.

Mother to Us All - Untold Stories, Unlived Archetypes, and Ungiven Gifts


You will never learn about the Goddess. If, like me, you grow up in a predominantly white, middle-class secular Christian culture, you will not need to look for God or Jesus. Motifs of purity, redemption, self-sacrifice, and sin will be common and it will be too easy to adapt this narrative to your particular circumstances. Soon you will cease to notice them at all, and will develop the view t Read more of this blog post »
1 like ·   •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on December 16, 2016 01:33
Average rating: 4.53 · 62 ratings · 18 reviews · 8 distinct works
Mirrormaze: A Dreampunk Ant...

by
4.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Somniscope: A Dreampunk Con...

by
4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Dead City Blues

3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Ravensmoot: An Anthology of...

by
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Black Benjamin: England's F...

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
Letters to the Black Underg...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Sigur

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Black Benjamin: A Cursed Tale

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Yelena Calavera…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Around the World ...: South Africa 44 1164 Jan 08, 2025 05:07PM  
Joseph Conrad
“It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.”
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

433813 Dreampunk! — 112 members — last activity Nov 03, 2022 07:38AM
Dreampunk is a sci-fi/fantasy subgenre that asks the question "Is this real?" and then follows up with "What does that even mean anyway?" Alice in Wo ...more
No comments have been added yet.