Reading: Justina Robson — Natural History
The third of my current reading pile, and I forget where I came across this … It was a bit over a week ago, and I thought I should order some new books, but all the ones I really want … Continue reading
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Reading: Terry Pratchett — The Wee Free Men
The second of the two impulsive Pratchett aquirements from last week, and also one I’ve read before, but who cares? it’s got the Pictsies, the Nac Mac Feegles, the drinking, fighting, drinking-and-fighting, also thieving! tattooed blue Clan. And it’s got … Continue reading
Reading: Terry Pratchett — The Colour of Magic
Oh yes, Discworld! Taking a break from all things anthropo-historical, or things of that nature pertaining to Earth, and going on a Pratchett bender. I love these books. They’re funny, clever, gloriously imaginative, also tender and ethical; he’s somewhat the … Continue reading
Reading: Saladin Ahmed – Throne of the Crescent Moon
This is another of the 2013 Hugo Award nominations, and probably the only other one besides 2312 I’ll read – partly because two of the other nominations are part of on-going series, and I don’t have an especial urge to commit … Continue reading
Reading: Ruth Mandel – Cosmopolitan Anxieties: Turkish Challenges to Citizenship and Belonging in Germany
Having somewhat fallen into reviewing what I’m reading instead of the intended writing about why I’m reading a particular book, herewith I attempt to return to the point of all this writing about reading. Ruth Mandel’s Cosmopolitan Anxieties: Turkish Challenges … Continue reading
Reading: Anne Fausto-Sterling: Sex/Gender – Biology in a Social World
Anne Fausto-Sterling’s Sexing the Body is one of the few crucial texts on identity that I’ve read, along of course with Judith Butler (take your pick, though Undoing Gender is rather fine), and she is sadly one of those writers who publish … Continue reading
Reading: Kim Stanley Robinson – 2312
My book for Antwerpen, Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312 is up for a Hugo this year, and needing something sci-fi to read I thought it might appeal. I also have Saladin Ahmed’s Throne of the Crescent Moon sitting here, which is the only … Continue reading
Reading: Charles King – The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus
The space between where China is squeezed out into the ocean between Japan and Philippines to the east and Europe to the west – particularly that mysterious place north of the Himalayas was once a blank for me on any … Continue reading
Reading: Tonio Andrade — Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China’s First Great Victory over the West
Which is the one I’m ripping through at the expense of Women with Mustaches, Men without Beards, which I heard about on China Rhyming late last year – a blog that has been responsible for quite a bit of my book reading … Continue reading
Reading: Afsaneh Najmabadi — Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity
This book has been on my list for ages, so long I can’t even remember where I first read about it. Digging through my archives of every interesting article I’ve read in the past decade (yes, I am that committed … Continue reading