Aaron started reading Silver by Linda Nagata (Inverted Frontier, #2)
A Lost Ship – A New World
Urban is no longer master of the fearsome …
Things are ramping up!
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Aaron finished reading Edges by Linda Nagata (Inverted Frontier, #1)
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.
Aaron commented on Mirka Andolfo's Mercy by Mirka Andolfo (Mirka Andolfo's Mercy)
Washington State, late nineteenth century. During the frenzied historical era commonly known as the Klondike …
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Aaron commented on Mirka Andolfo's Mercy by Mirka Andolfo (Mirka Andolfo's Mercy)
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.
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De vandrande städerna by Philip Reeve, Lena Karlin (Mortal Engines, #1)
Mortal Engines är det hisnande, postapokalyptiska sci-fi-äventyret som utspelar sig i en framtid i vilken städer rör sig runt jorden …
Aaron stopped reading Häxmästaren by Peter Bergting (Legenden om Morwhayle, #1)
Arteil blundade. Det här var ingen vanlig natt, svärdet var ingen tillfällighet. Det var meningen …
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Aaron started reading Mirka Andolfo's Mercy by Mirka Andolfo (Mirka Andolfo's Mercy)
Washington State, late nineteenth century. During the frenzied historical era commonly known as the Klondike …
No idea why I like this comic so much, but I'm giving it another read through.
Aaron started reading Edges by Linda Nagata (Inverted Frontier, #1)
Deception Well is a world on the edge, home to an isolated remnant surviving at …
Re-read. Lets see how it pans out after having read all the back story this time...
Aaron reviewed The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
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.
Aaron finished reading The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …
Pretty good. Ends a bit abuptrly, but the final rant about Blockchain and NFTs is always welcome.
Aaron wants to read Blade by Linda Nagata (Inverted Frontier, #4)
The starship Dragon, accompanied by its fleet of outriders, is faring ever deeper into that …
So I have two books to re-read and then two more to catch up on before this drops in March...
I'm maybe not up to this task!
Aaron commented on The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …
Doctorow doesn't seem to be able to decide if governments are going to save us or not?
He seems painfully aware of the fact that the companies we need to corral have captured the institutions we could use to control them, but seems to think they will somehow get the balls to take them down anyway?
Aaron set a goal to read 14 books in 2024
Aaron started reading The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …
Plane reading.
Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and …
Quick Overview of a Very specific group
3 stars
An overview of a very specific group that were influenced by pirate immigrants. It's... fine. Cool from a historical point of view, but the argument that they influenced the Enlightenment is based purely on the fact that “pirates were cool.”