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Aaron

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commented on Needle by Linda Nagata (Inverted Frontier, #3)

Linda Nagata: Needle (EBook, Mythic Island Press LLC) No rating

“Tanjiri is not for you. You are not ready to encounter what exists there.”

So …

I think binging these will have made me a little burned out, so it's hard to get back into them. And also the author may have some weird views on gender that are rubbing me a bit wrong. Nothing too egregious, it's got my spidey sense tingling.

finished reading Edges by Linda Nagata (Inverted Frontier, #1)

Linda Nagata: Edges (Paperback, 2019, Mythic Island Press LLC) 5 stars

Deception Well is a world on the edge, home to an isolated remnant surviving at …

Still a great time. Having read the previous books adds a bit more context, but it wasn't as big a deal as I first though.

I'll still recommend this as a starting point, though Deception Well and Vast are good for people who are willing to commit.

commented on Mirka Andolfo's Mercy by Mirka Andolfo (Mirka Andolfo's Mercy)

Mirka Andolfo: Mirka Andolfo's Mercy (GraphicNovel, Image Comics) No rating

Washington State, late nineteenth century. During the frenzied historical era commonly known as the Klondike …

Dialogue is a bit clunky with exposition, but that seems to be a universal in comics. I guess it's a side effect of having to be so economical with words.

Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con (Hardcover, 2023, Verso) 3 stars

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …

A little undercooked

3 stars

I guess expecting the Anarchist's Cookbook of Adversarial Interoperability would be a bit much, but I did feel like it was lacking any real practical solutions to Big Tech's rampant monopolization.