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I can't stop reading this book. I just read it for the third time in 9 months. It's so genre-bendy (I term I will be using from now on). It's funny, it's sexy- it's filled with YEARNING, and it's sci-fi with post colonial social commentary. Impeccable.
May 5, 2025
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I never see this recd and its incredible — literally had me holed up in my room reading for like 2 days. some of the best sci-fi I’ve read in recent memory, did really well critically, it’s a dark academia situation (which is why I’m surprised it didn’t ever blow up on TikTok), it’s by a Ukrainian husband and wife, AND the third book in the trilogy (english translation) comes out in June so now is THE time to start
May 19, 2025
I mean. Wow. I wish I could formulate coherent literary analysis but I think I just need to sit with this for a month. Humanity, gender, politics, fear, love. The heart of culturally long-lasting, impactful sci fi is when the sci is merely a background to the fi, ya know?
Tried to pick a quote but can’t right now. If you hear shrill screaming in the distance just know it’s me wailing over this book
Illustration by David Lupton
Jan 30, 2025
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I saw Sinners for a second time (so I could see it on 70mm at the vista). I could see it a third time. The score for this film is also perfect. I read somewhere that Sinners was going to increase the love of Blues music, and I 100% believe it, and I also think that's incredible. It's such a moving, emotive, deep feeling, truly Black American genre, and I think we'd all be better off listening to more Blues.
The only other movie I saw twice in theaters in the opening two weeks is The Holiday.
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