Books I read in 2022, with some thoughts that don't constitute a review.
Taken from blog.caskey-demaret.se/2022-reading-list-part-1/ and blog.caskey-demaret.se/2022-reading-list-part-2/ which have larger write-ups
Reading List 2022 Public
Created by Aaron
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The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
The Golem and the Jinni (published as The Golem and the Djinni in the United Kingdom) is a debut novel …
Aaron says: I re-read this at the end of last year/start of this year because the second book was about to come out. For the longest time it was my go to answer for “What is your favourite book?”, but it had been a while and I was worried that it wouldn’t hold up.
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
The Dispossessed (in later printings titled The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by …
Aaron says: A really eye opening book. Until reading this I though that “Gay Space Communism” would require advanced technology in order to function. The Dispossessed refutes that.
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ABC Of Anarchism by Alexander Berkman
A gifted writer for the anarchist movement, Alexander Berkman left Russia for the United States in 1888 when he was …
Aaron says: Read in response to the ideas in The Dispossessed. Really good introduction to (one of) the philosophy of Anarchism.
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Tech-Heaven by Linda Nagata (The Nanotech Succession, #0)
For Katie Kishida, the nanotechnology revolution begins with an act of love. Katie is a young mother with a successful …
Aaron says: Probably the weakest of the The Nanotech Succession/Inverted Frontier books I've read so far.
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Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis
The human race is at a crossroads; we know that we are not alone, but details about the alien presence …
Aaron says: A real slog to get through. Way more depressing than I was expecting, or prepared for.
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Exodus by Lisa Farrell (Android)
Ken “Express” Tenma was built for speed, which helps when you’re on the run from Jinteki Biotech, the corp that …
Aaron says: A fun light book. A very good refresher after the mire that was Truth of the Divine.
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4 stars
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
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Blood Red by Mercedes Lackey (An elemental masters novel, #9)
Rosamund is an Earth Master in the Schwarzwald, the ancient Black Forest of Germany. Since the age of ten, she …
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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (Penguin classics)
4 stars
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today
Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European …
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The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata (The Nanotech Succession, #1)
Nikko is the first "post human" genetically engineered to survive in the airless void of space. But the research permit …
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Deception Well by Linda Nagata (The Nanotech Succession, #2)
"...This payoff puts Deception Well firmly in the company of Stapledon, Benford, Bear, McAuley, and Niven..." —Russell Letson, Locus …
