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"The Martian Chronicles truly exemplifies the highs and lows of classic 1950s science fiction. On the one hand, the first few missions to Mars are a wonderfully bleak feat of imagination. Bradbury satirises colonialism and the settler mentality sharpl"
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Memoirs of a Spacewoman (Naomi Mitchison Library):
"First published in 1962, Memoirs of a Spacewoman is an account of space exploration and communication with aliens, told in an unusually cosy and chatty style. The strange and dangerous aliens encountered by Mary the protagonist, especially the butter"
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| The information in this book is very interesting, but the writing is dire, repetitive and uninspired, and the entire book is therefore much longer than it needs to be. How many times do we need to be told that salting fish requires a lot of salt? Or ...more | |
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A difficult book to review, but after a few weeks it has lingered with me, so here goes. What was good: the unflinching portrayal of characters - Aster and Giselle particularly - as victims but also people with agency, people totally capable of messin ...more |
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| I feel bad for not liking this more, because in some respects it is very realistic - academic intrigue and a relationship where the miscommunications are very human, and therefore pretty stupid. My favourite bit was when Pleiti, who clearly struggles ...more | |
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This contained a lot of sheep facts, and unsurprisingly was devoted to the large role that sheep, wool and fabric has had in the development of human civilisation. It is a short book so it seems churlish to quibble about the pacing. But it spends mos ...more |
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"For people outside of Education, this is likely a strong 4-star read.
For those in Education, The Incandescent is a refreshing oasis in a sea of unfathomable #academiaaesthetic novels. Broody teacher romance and blasé indifference to child endangerme" Read more of this review » |
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| We read this with the seven-year-old, who was surprisingly involved in Anna's small childhood struggles and laughed a lot about the dead dog and learning French. It's a classic book for a reason, funny and interesting and really really scary to the a ...more | |
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| Having thought that Some Desperate Glory suffered a bit from being YA-ish, this is truly impressively the opposite. This is a book absolutely about learning and teaching (oh yeah and there's demons, they are a bit more than a metaphor but also very m ...more | |
“There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.”
― The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
― The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
“Man is neither unique nor central nor necessarily here to stay. But he is a product of circumstances special to the point of disbelief. And if man in his current predicament seeks a fair mystique to see him through, then I can only suggest that he consider his genes. For they are marked. They are graven by luck beyond explanation. They are stamped by forces that we shall never know. But even so, in the hieroglyph of the human emergence certain symbols must stand for all to read: Change is the elixir of the human circumstance, and acceptance of challenge the way of our kind. We are bad-weather animals, disaster’s fairest children. For the soundest of evolutionary reasons man appears at his best when times are worst.”
― African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man
― African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man
“The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built.”
― The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
― The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
“We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments?”
― African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man
― African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man
“A human being is a problem in search of a solution.”
― Thunder Rock
― Thunder Rock
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