THE FOREWORD BY NK JEMISON SPOILS THE SECOND BOOK, AND I AM SO ANNOYED THAT I INTENTIONALLY DIDN'T READ IT TILL I FINISHED THE FIRST BOOK CUZ I WANTEDTHE FOREWORD BY NK JEMISON SPOILS THE SECOND BOOK, AND I AM SO ANNOYED THAT I INTENTIONALLY DIDN'T READ IT TILL I FINISHED THE FIRST BOOK CUZ I WANTED TO AVOID SPOILERS AND THEN SHE WENT A-SPOILERING. (I liked what she wrote about the series though.)...more
I had to keep rewinding and replaying bits of the audiobook, and wishing I had a print copy so I could take my tLovely, but also incredibly confusing.
I had to keep rewinding and replaying bits of the audiobook, and wishing I had a print copy so I could take my time (heh) attempting to digest all the timey-wimey bits. The world-building and imagery were amazing, but I don't think it's possible to write a time travel plot that makes sense....more
**spoiler alert** I really wasn't feeling it until the death of the protagonist's bff...does that make me a bad person?**spoiler alert** I really wasn't feeling it until the death of the protagonist's bff...does that make me a bad person?...more
One of my favorite quotes (about space travel) comes from The Sirens of Titan: "Mankind flung its advance agents ever outward, ever outward. EventuallOne of my favorite quotes (about space travel) comes from The Sirens of Titan: "Mankind flung its advance agents ever outward, ever outward. Eventually it flung them out into space, into the colorless, tasteless, weightless sea of outwardness without end.
It flung them like stones."
In her novella, Chambers illustrates a beautiful counterpoint to Vonnegut's nihilistic humanism. And, where Vonnegut spent novel after novel spouting pithy quips like this with little emphasis on plot, Chambers weaves a compelling scifi adventure that holds up beyond its underlying message.
(I still love that quote, though. And Vonnegut's work. And believe that the deepest answers we can find lie within us rather than out in space somewhere.)...more
Some great bits about writing and usage and empathy. I don't always agree with DFW, and his verbosity can be tiresome (especially because it's so selfSome great bits about writing and usage and empathy. I don't always agree with DFW, and his verbosity can be tiresome (especially because it's so self-effacing), but he and Garner shared some great insights and quotable-quotes for word-nerds like me....more
A lovingly-collected book of Dickenson's scraps. Glimmers of poetry and frustration and uncertainty and a haphazard, serendipitous kind of beauty.
PlusA lovingly-collected book of Dickenson's scraps. Glimmers of poetry and frustration and uncertainty and a haphazard, serendipitous kind of beauty.
Plus a very detailed index.
I'll always be a big fan of her dashes, and enjoy when the actual scrawlings are provided as facsimiles so I can discern for myself whether it's a migrated cross for a t or part of an s or a genuine dash. I also liked the still-intact +s (of alternative word choices, but also kind of just an interesting complement to her -s)....more
