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Utterly different from Tesh’s other book “The Incandescent” = the writing chops this author has are impressive

Completely fascinating and gripping in the philosophical self-reflective way that only sci-fi manages to accomplish … eagerly awaiting the final act and conclusion

Ahhhhh just the book to get one out of a book funk. Another Hugo Award Shortlister is another transporting read. Yumyum, I’m liking this one

*already in love with the dog*
Also do not Jimenez if family pets have recently been deceased. Not cool Jimenez, making me feel my feelings. Harumph.

“Husha sits in silence because her name requires it; her name is Husha because she sits in silence”

👀3rd quote I’ve highlighted thus far. McKeen has a very intriguing voice so far in the opening pages of this book (very creative/literary), I think she was having fun writing this

Narrator is as enchanting as the prose at first pass.

New favourite word: festschrift

Autocracy Inc in the 21st century propaganda logic is:

“Our state may be corrupted, but everyone else’s is too; you may not like our leader but the others are worse; you may not like our society but at least we are strong, the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.”

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Difference of 20th ce. vs. 21st ce. Autocratic propaganda: “they dont offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia or inspire them to build a better world.” [as the Soviet era did]

“Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics and never hope for a democratic alternative…

Connections. I’m learning about connections and modern history yet I feel like my mind is blown at every other paragraph (and the others, I am nodding along with very cynically)

This is gonna be a densely packed interesting 5hours.

With all the imagery of seals and the dark and wild ocean … is there going to be a Selkie appearance? I do wonder (and hope so!).

In which I learn that “Katabasis” is not a made-up name for a title but an ancient greek term for a story told across the multitudes of mythologies and religions. 🤦‍♀️

Also it goes with the current multimedia theme of “Odyssey”. 🤷‍♀️ What can I say a trip to hell and back seems to be attracting a lot of attention recently…

This memoir being narrated by the author brings a whole new depth to the story she describes of her relationship with her bipolar disorder.