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Octavia Butler – Adulthood Rites, well this was disappointing

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler

February 25, 2021 by MarkAbaddon 1 Comment

I hate writing negative reviews, especially for authors I love, but this book did not do it for me. Middle parts of a trilogy are difficult, I understand that, but this book just felt repetitive and barely moved the narrative forward. This novel focuses on the first male child born of a human (with genetic input from the Oankali) on earth since humanity was saved from extinction. Lilith, the main character from the first book is the mother but she barely appears as Akin, her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: alien, alien contact, black speculative fiction, octavia butler, sociology

MarkAbaddon's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: alien, alien contact, black speculative fiction, octavia butler, sociology ·
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Dawn – An intriguing take on human-alien interactions

Dawn by Octavia Butler

January 30, 2021 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

I first read the Xenogenesis sage of Octavia Butler when I was a teenager and it arrived with a ton of other books I ordered from some science fiction book club (I had just gotten a job and was a dumb kid, don’t judge). What I remembered most from the initial read was the use of cancer cells by the alien race, the Oankali, to reshape their own bodies which I thought was a brilliant concept (actually still think it is brilliant). Maybe I did […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #octaviabutler, #Science Fiction, alien, alien contact, black speculative fiction, octavia butler, sociology

MarkAbaddon's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #octaviabutler, #Science Fiction, alien, alien contact, black speculative fiction, octavia butler, sociology ·
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“Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred, it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long that it looks like the natural order of things.”

Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

January 18, 2021 by narfna 4 Comments

This was really interesting to read back to back with How to Be an Antiracist; they shed light on each other in weird ways. But they are also two very different books! My main takeaway from Caste is that Isabel Wilkerson is a great writer. I’m set to read her first book next month, and I’m now looking forward to it even more. She employs metaphor and other literary techniques in a way that you don’t normally see from non-fiction writers. It brings a depth […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, caste, isabel wilkerson, narfna, non fiction, Race, social history, sociology, the origins of our discontents

narfna's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, caste, isabel wilkerson, narfna, non fiction, Race, social history, sociology, the origins of our discontents ·
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The Bearmuda Triangle

A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

November 20, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Something this dire – a town of people so opposed to paying taxes that they become a country-wide hotspot for bear attacks – should not be this funny. Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling carefully walks the line between Bill Bryson and a VICE documentarian while spinning this wild story of a Free Town and the beasts- man and animal alike, within. This collection of people, carefully and deliberately documented by Hongoltz-Hetling, shoot themselves in the foot so many times and with such ferocity that it is amazing the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: a libertarian walks into a bear, ARC, bears, free state project, free town project, Grafton, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, modern history, NetGalley, New Hampshire, politics, Reporting, Small town, sociology

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:121 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: a libertarian walks into a bear, ARC, bears, free state project, free town project, Grafton, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, modern history, NetGalley, New Hampshire, politics, Reporting, Small town, sociology ·
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A Thorough Exploration of Misogyny

Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

September 5, 2020 by ASKReviews 2 Comments

BINGO: Book Club: Waterstones’ Ms Afropolitan Philosophy Book Club (2019) Best for: Those looking for a deeper look into what misogyny really is. In a nutshell: Philosopher Kate Manne explores different definition of misogyny, providing support for her hypotheses with case studies many of us will be familiar with. Worth quoting: “Sexism [is] the branch of patriarchal ideology that justifies and rationalizes a patriarchal social order, and misogyny as the system that polices and enforces its governing norms an expectations. So sexism is scientific; misogyny […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, kate manne, Philosophy, sociology

ASKReviews's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, kate manne, Philosophy, sociology ·
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