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February book report. Collected tragedies by Aeschylus. It was interesting to get a 1st hand look into ancient Greek culture. I wish I'd read an annotated version though. Lots of references to the Illiad and stuff I haven't read. Xerxes from 300 is the main character in one play. The ministry for the future. Kim Stanley Robinson quickly becoming a favorite. COP 25 establishes a division to fight for the rights of future generations. Covers 2025 to ~2055. Hard sci fi, no magic bullets for climate change, but even then I thought it too optimistic. Lots of infodumps. Great book. We are so hosed. Murderbot Diaries 1. Martha Wells.A favorite of the Book barn. It's okay? Short, funny adventure of a rogue AI. 16 ways to defend a walled city. KJ Parker/Tom Holt. Very funny book about defending a medieval capital city from a siege. Main character is an engineer that somehow ends up in charge of the city. You'll love it if you like "problem solving" books. The game doens't try to pull any fast one on the reader, the facts are always laid out. History of the pelopponesian war. Thucydides. Actually I'm like 16% of the way through. Gonna be a slow read between other books. The annotated version i have is fantastic, really gives you all the info you need. It's hard to give it my attention for too long though. Part of it ties to the background of the Tragedies i read, so that's great!
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Chamberk posted:
What did you think? This was also in my march. I'm going to post in a day or two here. My personal notes are: Illustrated book. 12 year old prodigy kid travels to D.C. to receive a drawing award from the Smithsonian. Really enjoyed the book inside a book in the middle part. Unfortunately it’s not expanded upon in the main plot after it. The last third is such a huge disappointment it nearly ruins the entire book. The physical edition is quite pretty. Good display of family trauma, growing in a hostile-ish environment. Movie adaptation by the director of Amelie, I should check it out, below average reviews though. But it extracts the weird stuff, so it may be tighter and more coherent.
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