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"what even is cheese" as a discussion among aliens abdbdhdbfbc

this is, again, an audio book for terribly monotonous work days. i'm excited so far, saying this as someone whose favourite star trek series is deep space nine

that was a rather quick ending but on the other hand it was. right in the feels :')

it's all coming together huh

this """cozy soft uwu scifi""" really has it all huh

ah yes there it is. wandering through wintry lands

listening to the audio book at work while doing dull measurements. the definition of escapism

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom: ngl this felt like reading a Neuromancer-like scifi-action piece but 100 times better. i like Chiang's take on the subject and even tho the story is really well-executed, I don't think that this particular style of plot suits him that much

Omphalos: once again astronomy destroys the church lmao. also u get a glimpse into a world similar to the parallel universe described in His Dark Materials

The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling: i really dug the style of a fictional journalistic essay in this one. i appreciate the thinkpiece of "what if your shitty parent was Wrong and their Truth was a lie they told themselves" ending in an optimistic way. but I haven't been through therapy for nothing, so i agree w the fictional child's therapist: u need to live w it smh

The Great Silence: beautiful theme with a solid explanation and backstory provided by the end notes

Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny: liked it quite well, and it fit the strange views of Victorians and children and machinery. same vibe as Woyzeck

The Lifecycle of Software Objects: i'm a puddle of emotions

What's Expected Of Us: classic scifi in the sense that it takes a phenomenon from our times (new tech becoming available that rapidly changes society and human interaction) and examines that scenario with tech that's currently not (yet?) available. v enjoyable read, i felt like i savoured every sentence

Exhalation: oh my god. ohhh my god. i love how he constructs these short stories and how - at some point - feel something click inside your brain and you truly GET the setting and the people now. this was an amazing read.

the alchemist's gate: refreshing take on wormholes. you don't need them to be in some far corner of the galaxy, they can just pop up in Cairo or Baghdad

i am already so hooked

ohhhhhhhh this is scratching the same "i miss Dragonriders of Pern" itch even more. hnnng

ending so good i wanna lie down on the floor for a bit

this is mid-tier swords and adventure scifantasy to YOU. to me, who got hooked on scifi through Dragonriders of Pern in the first place, this is The Shit

sweet escapism save me ... save me sweet escapism

one of the most interesting reads, i guess bc it's popscience with an emphasis on the science written by someone who was there for the important discoveries and experiments from the very beginning

i have a guess where this is going but for now "brown/black men making guttural sounds and walking weirdly just sounds like period-typical racism

ja ja, er hat geschrieben, dass sich die Erde auf einer UNGEFÄHR kreisförmigen Bahn um die Sonne bewegt, und es ist auch nur für ein Beispiel als Vergleich, ABER mir zieht sich trotzdem alles zusammen D:

es scheint leider zu seicht und krampfhaft lustig für mich zu sein :(

logging this purely for the sake of logging books i read. this is just job prep tho

this is so fucking funnyyyyyy ... the Verstrickungen of it all. the satirical lens of every person's life. help

this is a fun mixture of astronomical concepts and very recent examples explained in detail. so far i love it (finished red, yellow and orange)