Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Not to say you won’t find a meaning, but also not saying you will

Drome by Jesse Lonergan

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Drome by Jesse Lonergan is one of those reads where you have to read it to understand this book. And if you do read it, can you tell me what the heck (only I didn’t say heck) did I read? Okay, I get that things have something to do about the Gods and Humans and their struggle with each other. Control and strength are main factors. And Man-Woman relationships play a large role in things. There is also the literal Light and Dark (I am […]

It is faith wrapped in the cloak of science. Contact is as vague and obscure as communion with the saints or the coming of the Messiah.

Solaris by Stanisław Lem

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You are doing all you can to stay human in an inhuman situation. Noble it may be, but it isn’t going to get you anywhere. And I’m not so sure about it being noble – not if it’s idiotic at the same time. ― Stanisław Lem, Solaris It’s what we wanted: contact with another civilization. We have it, this contact! Our own monstrous ugliness, our own buffoonery and shame, magnified as if it was under a microscope! ― Stanisław Lem, Solaris Kelvin is finally on […]

Making me feel glad to feel the wind on my face

Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

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It seems that the things I’m most fascinated by are those that also frighten me the most. Afraid of the deep sea, I’ll spend months reading about naval horrors, devour tales of explorers (whether they survived or not) while also preferring to not really leave my house, and frequently consider booking a trip through the Paris Catacombs despite being somewhat claustrophobic with a face-clawing terror of actually being underground. Perhaps that’s why I found this book so deeply interesting – an exploration of places I […]



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