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Reading for a monologue I've been set. Fuck it's grim. Not subtle, obviously a teenage author. Still strong as far as drama goes.

Loan expired :( not bad tho so far

Back at it

Not sure how many times I get to log this?

Strong murata vibes

Honestly one of the worst titles ever

I'm sure this is good or whatever but it's that kind of influential sci fi where I can TELL it was influential but it isn't influential on ME. Every sentence is written like an opening line. There's so much of that non-exposition with Capitalised Nouns. I just wanna finish it but I don't wanna read it. The plot is fine it's just a noir story with a bionic arm.

What the fuck man

This sounded interesting but every so often the prose is so tacky. there's multiple instances of a scream being typed out. As in "AAAACCHHHH" and "Arrrrgghhh". I don't know if I can take this.

Very interesting. In replacing the lifeblood of colonialism, Kuang has created a magical system that is unsustainable by design. Reliant on a physical substrate, the exploitation of the subjugated, and vulnerable to true globalisation, Silverwork represents the shallow appropriation and desecration of languages, cultures, and people. As didactic and heavy-handed as the themes are, the book maintains a fantastical air

Conversations after a burial was pretty strong. More variation in characterisation here, maybe just because it's a bigger cast. They play off each other very well and the drama is subtle but engaging. The ending might work better in performance, it kind of free-wheels. Same with the humour - lots of irony that may come off better balanced on stage.

Art is as strong as ever, and The Unexpected Man was oddly sweet. People speak strangely but it flows nicely and works very well for the mood.

Hooly shit. Sontag writes so forcefully and clearly! Half the time it's not even like she's convincing me, she's just explaining in precise words how I've felt about photography as an art form, then taking that basic feeling to its endpoint It's cutting — not quite bitter, but sharply targeted in its takedowns of genres, philosophies, individual photographers... so much to chew on already!