Gabe wants to read First Person Singular by Murakami Haruki
The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person …
Another library book that I’ve been holding on to so long.
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I’m a nonbinary (they/them) musician and guitar teacher in Lexington, KY. I'm super into sci-fi and fantasy, but I dig just about any genre of fiction if it's well written (or if it's not but it's, like, got some cool ideas - looking firmly at you, Asimov).
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Gabe commented on Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (duplicate)
"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, …
I borrowed this from the library months ago and just started it now. Initial take: The tone threw me off at first, but by the end of the first chapter I’m pretty well hooked! Got some serious vegan overtones (possibly unintended, always funny when that happens) which I enjoy, and I definitely see the Hitchhiker’s Guide vibe others have mentioned. I feel like I’m gonna tear through this.
I borrowed this from the library months ago and just started it now. Initial take: The tone threw me off at first, but by the end of the first chapter I’m pretty well hooked! Got some serious vegan overtones (possibly unintended, always funny when that happens) which I enjoy, and I definitely see the Hitchhiker’s Guide vibe others have mentioned. I feel like I’m gonna tear through this.