Books finished in 2026:

15. The Book of Sand (1975) and Shakespeare’s Memory (1983) by Jorge Luis Borges
14. Anarchist Feminists In The Philippines From Etniko Bandido (~2016)
13. The Unseen by Nanni Balestrini (1989)
12. Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution by Kwame Nkrumah (1968)
11. Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1792)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
9. Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911)
8. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
7. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (1991)
6. The Nation On No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition by William C Anderson (2023)
5. baedan - journal of queer nihilism - issue one (2012)
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
3. They Will Beat The Memory Out Of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements by Peter Gelderloos (2024)
2. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
1. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

Borges is amazing. These two collections of short stories were fucking enthralling. Made me feel like my imagination was being kick-started again. Timeless and intimate. Magical and realistic. Like fairy tales that could be true. I'll definitely be reading more of Borges. Wonderful.

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"You have to be realistic about these things."
#JoeAbercrombie is what I need right now: solid, useful advice in a brutal, #fantasy world.

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#NowReading #SciFi #ScienceFiction #PolishFiction #Novel

“Not everything everywhere is for us, he thought as he walked slowly downhill.”

from The Invincible by #StanisławLem (1963)

Cyberspies
The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage

[2016]

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"The Book of Fallen Leaves", par A.S. Tamaki

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238142647-the-book-of-fallen-leaves

#fantasy #Booksky

I've just finished reading Le Carré's book The Looking Glass War, and what a strange, and ultimately depressing, book - but a rollercoaster well worth reading.

The main central part of the book made me wonder what the (apparent) bunch of wannabe spies were doing - all of which is revealed as the book reaches it's conclusion.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say it's a book of multilayered betrayal and a warning against living today on past glories.

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@kel