Stories! All's well that ends well
Jul. 31st, 2024 09:21 pmKatya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka by Christine Hanolsy. I loved the details of the natural world and the lesbian romance in this story. The story is grounded in the Rusalka myths of Ukraine. Having learned a few songs about them gave the story added richness.
The Sort by Thomas Ha. A gentle story with great parenting. The stress is in trying to get along with society as it's trying to cope with the effects of climate change.
Did you wonder exactly when Milo starts his journey in The Phantom Tollbooth? Well, Leonard Richardson has figured it out! If you want to jump to the answer, he asserts, "Though published in 1961, The Phantom Tollbooth begins on Tuesday, April 11, 1967." The fun is in how he got there.
The Hobbit with illustrations by Tove Jansson! (In Norwegian.)
The Lotus Eaters by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
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runpunkrun. Novel-length story where Kirk and Spock are stranded on a dangerous alien planet that disables much of their tech. Great writing, great plotting, and I didn't realize quite how long it was when I started! Enough suspense to be interesting, without extreme levels of violence.
Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling. I love the underlying idea of this story, although the hard-boiled detective style it's written in isn't my favorite. I linked to it back in 2020 and said the same thing.
The Sort by Thomas Ha. A gentle story with great parenting. The stress is in trying to get along with society as it's trying to cope with the effects of climate change.
Did you wonder exactly when Milo starts his journey in The Phantom Tollbooth? Well, Leonard Richardson has figured it out! If you want to jump to the answer, he asserts, "Though published in 1961, The Phantom Tollbooth begins on Tuesday, April 11, 1967." The fun is in how he got there.
The Hobbit with illustrations by Tove Jansson! (In Norwegian.)
The Lotus Eaters by
runpunkrun. Novel-length story where Kirk and Spock are stranded on a dangerous alien planet that disables much of their tech. Great writing, great plotting, and I didn't realize quite how long it was when I started! Enough suspense to be interesting, without extreme levels of violence.Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling. I love the underlying idea of this story, although the hard-boiled detective style it's written in isn't my favorite. I linked to it back in 2020 and said the same thing.
