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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Welcome (and what are you reading?) in the discussion
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoOh, @camillahoel, I would love to read that article when you’re feeling ready to share! And yes, I agree that Octavia Butler feels not-quite-speculative enough in 2017. Le sigh.
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Camilla Hoel replied to the topic Welcome (and what are you reading?) in the discussion
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoHello!
I am actually working on an article on those two Harkaway novels! Though it is not my friend at the moment, so I have put it aside for some Victorian stuff.I just finished The Three Body Problem! It took an odd turn (felt a little like going from a political police procedural to Stanislaw Lem quite suddenly), but I liked it. I do not…[Read more]
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sebastien doubinsky replied to the topic Welcome (and what are you reading?) in the discussion
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoHi! I am reading Cixin Liu’s fabulous trilogy, “The three-body problem”, “The Dark Forest” and “Death’s end” – which I very highly recommend. I don’t know if Berit Elligsen’s “Empty City” would fit in, but it’s a very interesting read and can be considered as a speculative vision of future cities.
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Welcome (and what are you reading?) in the discussion
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI’ll start!
I’ve just finished The Obelisk Gate, the second book in NK Jemisin‘s Broken Earth trilogy, and enjoyed it even more than last year’s Hugo-winning The Fifth Season. I find Jemisin’s world building to be remarkable, and am more than a little sad that the final installment doesn’t come out until the fall. February also saw me finally…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Welcome (and what are you reading?) in the discussion
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWelcome to the Humanities Commons speculative fiction group! I’m envisaging this as a place to share scholarship and events, of course, but also as a source of recommendations and discussion of contemporary speculative and science fiction. So… what are you reading? What would you recommend?