Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing
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The story of writing in the digital age is every bit as messy as the ink-stained rags that littered...
ClareR (5721 KP) rated The Ministry of Time in Books
Jun 4, 2024
The Ministry of Time is a clever book - it uses time travel and science fiction, with a touch of history that actually happened, and mixes it up with a hefty dose of romance, thriller and literary fiction. It doesn’t sound like it will work, but I’m here to say that it really DOES!
Ok, so a quick, yet vague, synopsis: the British Government has come into possession of a device that can go back in time and find particular people in the past. It’s been decided that the people they take are all in life-threatening situations. Those plucked from their time are placed with a “Bridge”; someone who will facilitate their integration into modern society.
The main pair is that of Graham Gore, a Polar explorer from the Erebus expedition, and his Bridge, a woman whose mother escaped the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Not an easy adjustment for a Victorian man. This Bridge is the narrator.
Graham Gore adjusts quickly to modern life, but is modern life willing to accept him? And what affect does it have on him and his fellow time travellers, to be so out of time?
There was so much to think about whilst reading this - I was completely immersed, and it ended FAR too quickly!
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Poisonwood Bible in Books
Jul 24, 2017
Keeping in mind that this is fictional, the various narratives are well researched to the point where at times it seems plausible and factual. The four main voices are completely different from one another and sometimes the anti-communist voice seemed like a mockery of that type of rhetoric. Leah's voice seemed more realistic than the others. Overall, a well written piece of literary fiction.
Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath
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This is a fascinating and enjoyable popular science book on gravity and black holes. It offers an...
Kintu
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The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath
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A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
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This is the winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for fiction. It is the winner of the Desmond Elliott...
Utopian Visions and Revisions: Or the Uses of Ideal Worlds
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The book focuses on different uses of the concepts of utopia, dystopia, and anti-utopia. The author...
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes and Tom Lathrop
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When an ageing, impoverished nobleman decides to style himself "Don Quixote" and embarks upon a...
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What happened to the women we were supposed to become? Hannah, Cate and Lissa are young, vibrant...
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