lampsofgold reviewed Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
it sounds surrealist and like a critique
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lampsofgold wants to read Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a …
lampsofgold wants to read Rouge by Mona Awad
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a …
lampsofgold wants to read Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
lampsofgold wants to read Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
lampsofgold wants to read Welcome to Lagos
lampsofgold reviewed Transgender History by Susan Stryker
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological …
We must know our history when it's under attack
5 stars
This edition may be six years old and the first over a decade, but turning the pages you'll feel as if you're reading today's news; the most valuable lesson Dr. Stryker gives is that everything old is new again as wave after wave of attempts at assimilation, backlash, resistance, and intracommunity fights alternately erode and push forward transgender rights and liberation.
If there's a weakness to this history its of the early gap in transmasculine stories, partly due to (as explained in the book) transmasculine communities largely overlapping with lesbian communities and not separating until the mid 20th century.
lampsofgold wants to read Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut by Stephen Gencarella
Maybe this could be our first book club book?
lampsofgold finished reading Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and …
lampsofgold reviewed Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid …
A good time was had by all. I'm pooped! Good lord what is happening in there!
5 stars
lampsofgold wants to read The Scar by China Miéville
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh …
The first book was really good