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
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
Last night, while at Dasniya’s simultaneous departure gathering / private watching of the documentary video of Die Geschichte vom Soldaten, a friend remarked on how she needs to explain to over-enthusiastic lefties, brought on by a somewhat moronic person wearing a … Continue reading
Probably seen before, but I picked this up and flicked through during graaghmas dinner, where it had become a present for someone. My yoga reading had been confined mostly to Iyengar’s Light on Yoga, and long in the distant past, … Continue reading
Probably when this was first published, amidst all the noise about it, I picked it up and got through a few pages and put it back down, or at least I have a memory of that. This time, well, it … Continue reading
Oh Iain, I’ve already finished you! Yes, I did collect you from my favourite bookstore on Wednesday, so I’ve had a little time, and carefully kept myself away from devouring it in two days; actually, four nights for an Iain … Continue reading
China Miéville — Railsea
I got up early to to watch the MSL Curiosity land on Mars. Utterly amazing! 7 Minutes of terror! Wow, and live tweeting, Google Hangout with some of the most incredible astronomers, live feeds from NASA and ESL … pictures arriving … Continue reading
Higgs Boson discovered!!! CERN’s press release, and Cosmic Variance’s Higgs Seminar Live Blog.
Hello again, dear China. Oh have you woven a tale here. I waited on starting the beautiful Miéville’s Railsea … Oh let’s not waste anyone’s time, shall we? This is going to be my book of the year. China Miéville — Railsea