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Book 2 of the Tao books by Wesley Chu. This series has gotten some guff due to The Lives of Tao being written as a National Novel Writing Month project, and perhaps I was more invested having read the Io books first, but dammit I really like these books.
Also, knowing that there was a third book in the queue, the ending of this one was a big WHAAaaa? (but it was worth it in book 3 #scifi #reading #quasingwars
Having first read the Io books, I finally realized that the Tao books (which I had been skipping in the library list of scifi books for a couple of years, why I do not know) were set 20 years earlier in the same universe and introduced about half the characters.
The Quasing Wars world is really fun to read, and the relationships that Tao and Io have with their hosts are both similar and entirely different.
Technology-enabled shared consciousness? Fascinating. Takes some interesting twists and turns, though the world the characters inhabit is somewhat under-developed. Would like to see more from the author.
"You are you", and it took me until the just before the end to put the pieces together. Touches on #technology and #identity #race and #racism, empathy, compassion, revenge, and a humdinger of an ending #reading #scifi #reading2020
TL;DR: you still have mixed feelings about the protagonists. Very very good #reading #scifi #reading2020
Dual protagonists, bodied and unbodied, that will drive you crazy not knowing whether to love them, smack them, or hate them, with stakes both personal and global? What's not to love #reading #scifi #reading2020
Ok, and I JUST realized that this is set in the same universe as Chu's "Lives of Tao" books, which I skipped, but now have to read. I am facepalming SO HARD. 🤦🏻♂️
The Outside, by Ada Hoffmann, is a mix of #scifi and Lovecraftian #horror (what with the unknowable entities that will melt your brain thing), fascinating in its techno-religious imagery. Check it out #reading #reading2020
The Linesman books from S.K. Dunstall are so good #reading #scifi #reading2020
I really like Tim Pratt's Axiom series #reading #scifi #reading2020
Berlin clubs, empty due to community quarantine, are live streaming some great house sets... https://en.unitedwestream.berlin #techno #streaming #covid19
None#COVID
Here in the US, the folks to suffer the soonest and most will be the poor, minorities, the homeless... those in most need of the #socialsupport programs our current government earnestly works to destroy.
None#COVID #privilege
I'm trying to keep my social media exposure down because it's just adding to my stress, but this is my regular reminder that I am extraordinarily privileged to be currently riding things out while working from home.
Things will get worse, but right now there are SO MANY folks already suffering and I realize that.
Kate Manne, a philosopher at Cornell University, describes misogyny as an ideology that serves, ultimately, to reinforce a patriarchal status quo. “Misogyny is the law-enforcement branch of patriarchy,”
[What we get wrong about misogyny](https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/12/5/16705284/metoo-weinstein-misogyny-trump-sexism #misogyny #sexism #patriarchy
Amazon Builders Library https://aws.amazon.com/builders-library/?cards-body.sort-by=item.additionalFields.customSort&cards-body.sort-order=asc #bookmark #aws #softwaredesign
Continuous improvement and software automation https://aws.amazon.com/builders-library/going-faster-with-continuous-delivery #bookmark #aws #cicd #testing #automation
It's not showing up on Elizabeth Warren's site yet, but Axios is reporting that Warren is suspending her presidential campaign. I'm heartbroken -- she was the smart, tough candidate that actually inspired me.
Senator Warren: Thank you for your leadership, your humility, your willingness to hold those in power accountable. You would have been an incredible president. Keep fighting for Americans and for what America should stand for.
(SORRY, LOST IMAGE)
(Image from Politico)
I'm sick to death of #oldwhitemen
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