There was a time when I used to read all about #Mesoamerica's early history that I could get my hands on. One of the books was #Aztec by #GaryJennings.
Despite the fact that many #AI critics now point out that the imminent threats of #ArtificialIntelligence are quite large and that an #ExtinctionLevelEvent chiefly diverts attention from these negative outcomes, such as job losses, racism, and...
Curious Matter Anthology is a multi-award winning fiction podcast that adapts stories from the world’s best Sci-fi, and Horror writers into fully immersiv...
@mina #20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm @mina
@mina #20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm @mina
Tag 9 Nick #Hornby "High Fidelity" für alle, die verrückt sind nach #Vinyl und #Beziehung|en ;)
@mina #20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm
Tag 10 (Halbzeit ;) Khaled #Hosseini "#Drachenläufer" ein emotionaler Wirbelsturm, der meine eigene Wahrnehmung nachhaltig und positiv änderte.
Ich hatte mal einen akademischen Streit mit Manfred Spitzer während einer Podiumsdiskussion. Er meinte, mein Gehirn hätte sich immer schon entschieden, bevor mein Verstand etwas äußert, daher sei "freier Wille" immer präformiert. Darauf stand ich auf, holte eine Münze aus der Tasche und sagte:"Ich werfe und ich entscheide, wenn Kopf erscheint, Ihrer Ansicht zu folgen, wenn Zahl erscheint nicht."
@mina #20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm
Tag 11 Alice #Schwarzer "Der kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen" ein klarer und schonungsloser Gesellschaftsspiegel, lange vor Alices kritischer, persönlicher Wandlung
When I first started to read it, I felt a certain reluctance. Usually, I never have issues stepping into the protagonist's shoes. With Ismael, I struggled at first, because of his profession (not his original one: teacher), but
...the task of finishing it in the original style, based on #FrankHerbert's extensive notes. That went so well that they've written yet another 20 books, in particular the prequels. (Which I haven't read)*
...is turning the regions around the equator into a #desert planet, and there is no lack of autocrats and religious zealots.
In my opinion, one of the best #SciFi sagas ever, equal to #Asimov's #Foundation trilogy, maybe even surpassing it regarding complexity of characters, philosophies,... #Bookwyrm #20Days20Books
Outside of Latin America, J. Cortázar is less known than, say, Gabriel García Márquez or Jorge Luis Borges, but he is certainly one of the most influential authors of a continent so rich in great writers.
...knowledge and writing skills, I' love to write a book in the style of #AlternateHistory, where #LyndonBJohnson, a grandmaster of backroom deals and finding morning majorities, would clash with #HenryClay, #TheGreatCompromiser, and one...
...it became clear to me that he has been the political #SunTzu of the #US Senate. Initially not having the hard power for direly needed reform, #Johnson managed to transform the "upper chamber" representing the "states rights" into a masterpiece of...
...and was utterly captivated by this book. Lyndon B. Johnson, a #US president before my time, had initially seemed rather lackluster. Reading MASTER of the Senate,...
I just realized that this master piece in captivating #biographies was my first book about politics. The 4-volume saga was also the heaviest, LOL, with a total of over 3,000 pages. I picked up this book at a mountain hotel, left their by a tourist...
You may have noticed that I completely ignore the original "challenge to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers".
It's just that I am a compulsory talker, and I cannot against my very nature.
On the other hand: I also enjoy other people's posts with pic & text far more than those with just the cover pics or even just author and title.
I grabbed this once in Heathrow waiting for a delayed flight, because I liked the cover.
"But Mina", you might say, "how could you call a common woman's revenge story with sex scenes, situated between the art business and gold diggers, a book that influenced you?"
#20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm @mina
#20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm @mina
#20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm @mina
Originally, I planned to present a different book today, but, as #SciFi, ethics and related topics are currently already on the table, it is probably the right moment to speak about my, by far, favourite author of truly contemporary SF @gregeganSF
#20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #books #BookWyrm @mina
