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Briefly Very Beautiful

August 1, 2024 Nanni 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Leave a comment

by Roz Dineen — Conveys an aching sadness for a lost world, and the exhaustion of daily struggling in a hostile environment.

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The Lost Cause

November 30, 2023 Nanni 3 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Leave a comment

by Cory Doctorow — Is the world a lost cause? We should be screaming a warning from the rooftops. I applaud Doctorow for trying.

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Breakwater

April 4, 2023 Nanni 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Leave a comment

by Marijke Schermer — A moving, painful exploration of traumatic memories of sexual violence. Beautifully written (and translated) in stark, precise prose.

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Email from the Future

April 22, 2022 Nanni 3 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Leave a comment

by Michael Rogers — A compelling and thought-provoking speculative novel set in a future where things ARE better, where people managed to fix the world.

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This Fragile Earth

This Fragile Earth

August 6, 2021 Nanni 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Leave a comment

by Susannah Wise — A dystopian novel and an implicit plea to take care of our precious, fragile planet. We’ll be sorry when we lose it.

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Ministry for the Future

December 22, 2020 Nanni 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Leave a comment

by Kim Stanley Robinson — There’s no magic bullet for the climate. We may need a complete rectification of our values, lifestyles and social structures.

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When the Lights Go Out

September 29, 2020 Nanni 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Leave a comment

by Carys Bray — The impact of climate change on one family: constant rain, unemployment and the stress of trying to live as though life was still ‘normal’.

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