Running D&D at the library in ten days; using the one rule-set I really know. Time to start crunching since it's been a couple decades and I'm told everyone who signed up is going to be pretty new to the entire concept.
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LordBowlich rated Call of the Night, Vol. 1: 5 stars
LordBowlich started reading Dungeons and Dragons, players handbook, core rulebook I, v.3.5. by Jonathan Tweet (Dungeons & Dragons Core Rulebook)
Running D&D at the library in ten days; using the one rule-set I really know. Time to start crunching since it's been a couple decades and I'm told everyone who signed up is going to be pretty new to the entire concept.
LordBowlich reviewed Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid …
Not my Favorite of China Miéville's Novels
3 stars
I usually rather enjoy Miéville's novels. The City & The City and Kraken are probably two of my favorite fiction novels that I've read this decade.
But for whatever reason, I just could not get into Perdito Sreet Station. The prose was great, like usual. But the characters were off putting. The setting, just an odd collection of weird, half thought ideas. The entire conflict over the moths, just felt contrived.
I usually rather enjoy Miéville's novels. The City & The City and Kraken are probably two of my favorite fiction novels that I've read this decade.
But for whatever reason, I just could not get into Perdito Sreet Station. The prose was great, like usual. But the characters were off putting. The setting, just an odd collection of weird, half thought ideas. The entire conflict over the moths, just felt contrived.
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a …
Solid Analysis of the Rise of Bureaucracy in Pricate and Public Spheres
5 stars
Graeber is always a delight to read, even when he's just rambling on about some anthropological anecdote.
This is probably one of Graeber's more accessible books, in so far as it's not a massive tome to read through and sticks relatively closely to the thesis.
Particularly enjoyed the penultimate essay, relating play, games and bureaucracy in an attempt to clarify why anyone would even desire bureaucracy in the first place.
Graeber is always a delight to read, even when he's just rambling on about some anthropological anecdote.
This is probably one of Graeber's more accessible books, in so far as it's not a massive tome to read through and sticks relatively closely to the thesis.
Particularly enjoyed the penultimate essay, relating play, games and bureaucracy in an attempt to clarify why anyone would even desire bureaucracy in the first place.
LordBowlich rated Kafka on the Shore: 4 stars
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka) is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Its 2005 English …
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a 2015 book by anthropologist David …
LordBowlich started reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka) is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Its 2005 English …
LordBowlich rated The Ecology of Freedom: 4 stars
The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin
The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy is a 1982 book by the American libertarian socialist and …
LordBowlich rated Society of the Spectacle: 5 stars
LordBowlich started reading Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and …
LordBowlich rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 3 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
LordBowlich rated Death Comes for the Archbishop: 3 stars
LordBowlich started reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …