Showing posts with label satire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satire. Show all posts
Friday, August 29, 2025

2025 read #58: More Voices from the Radium Age, edited by Joshua Glenn.

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More Voices from the Radium Age , edited and introduced by Joshua Glenn 239 pages Published 2023 Read from August 27 to August 29 Rating: 3 ...
Friday, December 20, 2024

2024 read #155: And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ.

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And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ 189 pages Published 1970 Read from December 18 to December 20 Rating: 2-ish out of 5 This book is a strange, o...
Friday, November 29, 2024

2024 #144: Black No More by George S. Schuyler.

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Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940  by George S. Schuy...
Monday, September 16, 2024

2024 read #112: A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille.

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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille Illustrated by Gilbert Gaul 291 pages Published 1888 Read from September 1...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

2024 read #43: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott.

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott Introduction by Banesh Hoffman  91 pages Published 1884 Read April 11 Rating: 1.5 ...
Friday, December 1, 2023

2023 read #142: Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth.

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Castle Rackrent: An Hibernian Tale, Taken from Facts, and from the Manners of the Irish Squires Before the Year 1782  by Maria Edgeworth 90 ...
Thursday, November 2, 2023

2023 read #127: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven.

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven 309 pages Published 1935 Read from October 31 to November 2 Rating: 2.5 out of 5 I first got i...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

2023 read #115: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Afterword by Elizabeth Hardwick 221 pages Published 1818 Read from October 9 to October 10 Rating: 2.5 out o...
Friday, April 14, 2023

2023 read #36: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1986.

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , February 1986 issue (70:2) Edited by Edward L. Ferman 162 pages Published 1986 Read April 14...
Sunday, March 19, 2023

2023 read #30: Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

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Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf 334 pages Published 1928 Read from March 14 to March 19 Rating: 3 out of 5 The current moment has see...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

2019 read #16: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh.

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh 289 pages Published 2018 Read from September 29 to October 6 Rating: 3 out of 5 Can ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

2016 read #72: Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed.

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Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed 218 pages Published 1972 Read from September 11 to September 21 Rating:  ★ ★ ★ ★  out of 5 For such a brie...
Monday, January 4, 2016

2016 read #2: Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down by Ishmael Reed.

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Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down by Ishmael Reed 177 pages Published 1969 Read from January 3 to January 4 Rating: ★★ ★★ out of 5 A postmo...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

2014 read #78: The Female Man by Joanna Russ.

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The Female Man by Joanna Russ 215 pages Published 1975 Read from August 5 to August 12 Rating: ★★★ out of 5 The only way I can grok th...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

2013 read #152: Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

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Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o A translation from the Gĩkũyũ by the author 768 pages Published 2006 Read from December 20 ...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

2013 read #136: Pym by Mat Johnson.

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Pym by Mat Johnson 323 pages Published 2009 Read from October 25 to October 27 Rating: ★★★★ out of 5 "I really only read The Nar...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

2013 read #90: Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire.

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Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire 166 pages Published 1759 Read July 11 Rating: ★★★★ out of 5 I love cynical, bleakly funny works wri...