Dec. 31st, 2017

dreamer_easy: (refugees)
Partner of man due for deportation begs Dutton not to make her a single mother (GA, 30 December 2017). He's due to be sent back to Vietnam on New Year's Day, leaving behind his partner and baby duaghter.

Let Immigration Minister Peter Dutton know that this young Australian family should be kept together. It's in the public interest. Email minister@border.gov.au or phone (02) 6277 7860.


dreamer_easy: (*books 3)
Fiction
Isaac Asimov. Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots.
-- The Naked Sun
.
-- (editor) Tomorrow's Children.
William S. Burroughs. The Cat Inside.
Alexander Dumas. The Black Tulip. I can't believe I read an entire book on my phone.
Buchi Emecheta. The Joys of Motherhood.
Christopher Isherwood. Lions and Shadows.
Franz Kafka. The Castle.
Han Kang. The Vegetarian.
Natsume Sōseki 夏目 漱石 Kokoro (translated by Ineko Kondo). I had trouble grasping this classic Japanese novel. This review was helpful.
Frederik Pohl. Man Plus.
Cat Sparks. Lotus Blue.
Daniel H. Wilson. Robopocalypse.
Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams (eds). Robot Uprisings.

Non-Fiction
Alison Bechdel. Are You My Mother?
Nigel M. de S. Cameron. Will robots take your job?
Eugénie Crawford. A Bunyip Close Behind Me and Ladies Didn't.
Suzanne Crowder Han. Notes on Things Korean.
Matthew D'Ancona. Post-Truth.
John DeFrancis. The Chinese language: fact and fantasy.
Lauren Marks. A stitch of time: the year a brain injury changed my language and life.
Sy Montgomery. The Soul of an Octopus.
Illah Reza Nourbakhsh. Robot Futures.
Candace Savage. Bird brains: the intelligence of crows, ravens, magpies, and jays.
Patrick Smith. Cockpit Confidential. A friendly flying companion which explained, amongst other things, all the weird noises. :)
Ruth Snowden. Understanding Jung. You gotta start somewhere.
Hunter S. Thompson. Hell's Angels.

The Possibly Unwise "Man's Inhumanity to Man" Reading List
Bandi. The Accusation: Forbidden Stories From Inside North Korea.
Geneviève de Gaulle Anthonioz. God Remained Outside.

Running novels tally: white guys: 6 everyone else: 6

Notable short stories: Daniel H. Wilson, "Small Things"; Octavia Cade, "The Stone Weta"; Kelly Robson, "We Who Live in the Heart"; James Tiptree Jr, "The Man Who Walked Home" (literally gave me multiple nightmares)

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