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Lsquare28, 6 months ago to bookstodon

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“Prelude to Foundation”

by Isaac Asimov

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DejahEntendu, 7 months ago to bookstodon

#JustFinished How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu.

This is a gorgeous book. A collection of short stories tied together into a history of plague among humans interconnected through time. Non-linear, lyric, emotional. I cried and I soared with the stories.

In the very last story, Nagamatsu succumbs to some Marty Stu-ish writing, which I found very disappointing. But that was my only quibble. I found it well worth my time.

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appassionato, 7 months ago to bookstodon

So Simple a Beginning

Raghuveer Parthasarathy explains how four basic principles—self-assembly, regulatory circuits, predictable randomness, and scaling—shape the machinery of life on scales ranging from microscopic molecules to gigantic elephants.

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olliethewobbly, 7 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon out of curiousity, what are people's thoughts on the modern retelling of greek myths (the songs of penelope series by claire north, pat barker's series about the trojan women, herc by phoenicia robertson and clytemnestra by costanza casati). also circe and the song of achillies by madeline miller.

i like them as i know that these stories are being retold and continuing to be a part of the world and literature, especially as a classics enthusiast (five+ years of latin and a lifelong love of greek mythology). but i was wondering what other people thouhgt

Likewise, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Tell me a good book you’ve read this year that you’d recommend.

I’ll start: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
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