Recent reading
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luzulaShards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (1986)
I fell for the peer pressure (the peers in question beinggaronne and sanguinity) and re-read this book, or rather, re-listened to it. And yes, still very enjoyable! I'm undecided about whether the science fiction elements are essential, or whether this could also have been written as, say, a time travel romance with someone from a modern culture traveling to a past culture. (ETA: I mean, not that the SF elements have to justify their presence.) Also, there are definitely elements which speak to me as a Flight of the Heron fan! This is the sort of enemies to lovers I like, and also I was so relieved when Cordelia remembered to withdraw her parole before escaping…
Forbidden Harbour by Teresa Radice and Stefano Turconi (2015)
An Age of Sail graphic novel which solidly passes the Bechdel test, but sadly not thesanguinity Bechdel test. It's a ghost story of sorts, and I liked the story and characters well enough, but what really blew me away was the art, which is done as pencil drawings (I think). OMG, the beautiful and detailed ships! And when we get to land we see that it's not just the ships: the historical setting is so beautifully rendered.
I am also reading (but not for pleasure) sixty student essays on mathematical modeling of population dynamics. Worst student quote so far: "the logistical model is of limited use when it comes to populations in nature since they, unlike humans, don't exist in a vacuum, but depend on and affect each other".
Augh. /o\ Does he really think humans do not affect, and are not affected by, other species in the ecosystem?? This is an otherwise bright student who did well on his math exams…
I fell for the peer pressure (the peers in question being
garonne and sanguinity) and re-read this book, or rather, re-listened to it. And yes, still very enjoyable! I'm undecided about whether the science fiction elements are essential, or whether this could also have been written as, say, a time travel romance with someone from a modern culture traveling to a past culture. (ETA: I mean, not that the SF elements have to justify their presence.) Also, there are definitely elements which speak to me as a Flight of the Heron fan! This is the sort of enemies to lovers I like, and also I was so relieved when Cordelia remembered to withdraw her parole before escaping… Forbidden Harbour by Teresa Radice and Stefano Turconi (2015)
An Age of Sail graphic novel which solidly passes the Bechdel test, but sadly not the
sanguinity Bechdel test. It's a ghost story of sorts, and I liked the story and characters well enough, but what really blew me away was the art, which is done as pencil drawings (I think). OMG, the beautiful and detailed ships! And when we get to land we see that it's not just the ships: the historical setting is so beautifully rendered. I am also reading (but not for pleasure) sixty student essays on mathematical modeling of population dynamics. Worst student quote so far: "the logistical model is of limited use when it comes to populations in nature since they, unlike humans, don't exist in a vacuum, but depend on and affect each other".
Augh. /o\ Does he really think humans do not affect, and are not affected by, other species in the ecosystem?? This is an otherwise bright student who did well on his math exams…
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Date: 2024-05-14 03:06 pm (UTC)Oh interesting--I hadn't thought of that.
The audiobook of Shards of Honor was a little jarring to me at first, because one voice actor did the narration and all the female dialogue, and another one all the male dialogue. But I got used to it after a while, and I really liked both narrators. I can't speak for the audiobooks of the rest of the series.
I'm very aware of the “different interpretations of fractions” thing, because I was examiner to a student doing a thesis on that very thing. For 20 divided by ½, I'd probably spontaneously go for: a road crew can build half a kilometer of road per day. How long does it take them to build 20 kilometers of road?