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Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle. Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the …
You have to admire a hero whose superpower is to constantly fall asleep at the wrong time.
Du är sjutton år gammal. Det är sommar och världen ser ut precis som vanligt. …
Jag tror jag föredrar Strandbergs vuxenromaner, men det var ett bra val att centrera den här runt ungdomar som måste inse inte bara att jorden går under i en ålder då de fortfarande håller på att vidga sin vy från sig själva, utan också måste acceptera att framtiden inte längre existerar. Hur hanterar man något sådant? En absolut, omutlig deadline ner till en minuts exakthet?
Visst kan jag sakna fler röster i den här berättelsen. Men det är inte den berättelsen det är. Världens undergång är ofattbar; två människors undergång kan man relatera till.
Mazzucato refines the argument from The Value of Everything, with less economic theory and more arguments for why and how the current economic system can and needs to be reformed like, now. Using the Apollo project as a recurring example of how it can be done is a great move even if it brings up a few questions. In the end it's more of a call to action than a how-to manual - the job needed to do this is SO humongous, and she wisely doesn't give too much air to the arguments some people will inevitably make, and in the end the book feels both inspiring, exciting and scary af.
Mazzucato refines the argument from The Value of Everything, with less economic theory and more arguments for why and how the current economic system can and needs to be reformed like, now. Using the Apollo project as a recurring example of how it can be done is a great move even if it brings up a few questions. In the end it's more of a call to action than a how-to manual - the job needed to do this is SO humongous, and she wisely doesn't give too much air to the arguments some people will inevitably make, and in the end the book feels both inspiring, exciting and scary af.
Is it wrong that this story is actually starting to seem like a story?
Possibly the most Canadian book I've ever read. Including the impossibility of talking about family trauma politely.
Possibly the most Canadian book I've ever read. Including the impossibility of talking about family trauma politely.
If there's one thing I really miss in this inspiring, energetic, fun book on the history of women on two wheels it's... the everyday. Ross has researched, where still possible interviewed, and given due to pioneers on everything from the unthinkable rebellion of even getting on a bike (whether in 1890s London or 2000s Afghanistan) to the extreme feats of long-distance explorers and racers, but where are the people who simply bike for the hell of it, or to get to work, or to go on holiday, or to be able to visit friends without depending on others? For all that this makes me want to both get back on the saddle myself (damn busted foot) and help others get on there, for all that I'm filled with admiration of those women who had to fight both to be allowed to do what they did (or not give a shit …
If there's one thing I really miss in this inspiring, energetic, fun book on the history of women on two wheels it's... the everyday. Ross has researched, where still possible interviewed, and given due to pioneers on everything from the unthinkable rebellion of even getting on a bike (whether in 1890s London or 2000s Afghanistan) to the extreme feats of long-distance explorers and racers, but where are the people who simply bike for the hell of it, or to get to work, or to go on holiday, or to be able to visit friends without depending on others? For all that this makes me want to both get back on the saddle myself (damn busted foot) and help others get on there, for all that I'm filled with admiration of those women who had to fight both to be allowed to do what they did (or not give a shit that they weren't), and then to be remembered having done it (that image of a 60-year-old Tillie Anderson turning up to an old boys' reunion in the 1940s demanding her place in the history books) I'm not sure the Tour de France should have to be a reasonable goal for everyone.
That's a small quibble. It's a great book, one that captures both the joy of the wind in your hair and the frustration of hot air blown to stop it.
Pro: Nice cold war-era depiction of Iceland, barely out of the shadow of WWII and colonialism's poverty, thrown into conflicts much bigger than both the population in general or the protagonists in particular understand.
Con: Half-spoken characterisations that may depend on not having read previous/later books in the series but just feel coy on their own. A mystery that in the end doesn't really grab.
Pro: Nice cold war-era depiction of Iceland, barely out of the shadow of WWII and colonialism's poverty, thrown into conflicts much bigger than both the population in general or the protagonists in particular understand.
Con: Half-spoken characterisations that may depend on not having read previous/later books in the series but just feel coy on their own. A mystery that in the end doesn't really grab.
FAN vad jag vill ut och åka tåg igen snart.
Boken ger en del inspiration och flera väldigt matnyttiga tips på hur man planerar och bokar resa, men fokuserar också lite väl mycket på järnvägscaféer i just de städer författarna besökt och mindre på själva tågresandet och eventuella stopp mellan storstäderna. Det blir lite av ett mellanting mellan en tågresebok och en väldigt grund guidebok till ett par dussin städer.
The Tombs of Atuan is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le …
Yep, pretty convinced now that Ged is Sauron.
Jag är smått jävig då det är morsans och morfars bok (jag är t o m med i den som allra hastigast), så inget betyg, men fan vad jag är glad att såna här böcker skrivs ner; med källor som både täcker morfars mors barndomsminnen och morsans djupdykningar i digitaliserade arkiv och museisamlingar, för att försöka skapa en bild av en gård, ett samhälle och ett levnadssätt som inte längre finns men ändå lämnat spår.
"The stunning second novel of a trilogy that began with Outline, one of The New York Times Book Review's ten …
The old question of how artificial intelligence can work and whether human creations are worth as much as humans turned on its head - whether intelligence can be anything but artificial, and whether human beings are worth anything to other humans. Not the first work to take that angle, and perhaps not the ultimate take on it either, but I do like the way Gailey's characters wrestle with it only to trap themselves even further.
The old question of how artificial intelligence can work and whether human creations are worth as much as humans turned on its head - whether intelligence can be anything but artificial, and whether human beings are worth anything to other humans. Not the first work to take that angle, and perhaps not the ultimate take on it either, but I do like the way Gailey's characters wrestle with it only to trap themselves even further.
Christo har lämnat sina föräldrar i Athen och flyttat till Stockholm. Det är sextiotal och …
Skam till sägandes min första Kallifatides men inte den sista. Snudd på flanörroman mellan Aten och Stockholm, mellan två språk, mellan två (möjligen fler) tider. Sättet han låter sin huvudperson vända och vrida på ett ovant språk, passera genom olika människors liv utan att kunna stanna upp i dem...
