So worth reading about the three featured lives and their communities.
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
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So worth reading about the three featured lives and their communities.
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
#Migration
#JimCrow
#bookstdon
#NewYorkTimesContemporaryLiterature
We're very much saddened to hear that we lost Sophie Kinsella, and far too early https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce91d2m1gg7o
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Thoroughly enjoyed this poignant adventure through history, social change and self-made families.
The Nirali Empire, also known as Niralan, is one of the major Empires of #Odenseye. Comprised of humans from beyond the shores of the main continent, Niralan's hallmarks are loyalty to fellows, honor, and glory in battle. Read more: https://odenseye.fandom.com/wiki/Nirali_Empire
The Sagas of Odenseye releases August 20th!
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The Nirali, by their own written history, were originally from a long-forgotten land far across the eastern ocean. Fleeing an unknown calamity, they were led by a man named Niras on their exodus, eventually finding a new home on the continent of Odenseye. Niras founded a centralized but feudal nation ruled by around a dozen Korals; contrary to most territories under feudalism, the Nirali culture of preservation and brotherhood led to an era of cooperation between these kingdoms. Helping in...
I've finished: Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead
This is a generation colony ship sci-fi novel.
One of the first scenes introduces a Terra-formed Mars. The technological hurdles have been solved. Overcoming technical issues inherent in such a grand project is not the subject of this novel.
It is not nature but human nature Calypso struggles with.
What form should such a colony take? What toll will such a project take on its crew?
Calypso is also a literary experiment, giving different view point characters different literary styles. Including a view point written entirely in verse. I enjoyed this aspect and applaud the audiobook Producers for using distinct narrators for the different viewpoints.
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