'Do Aliens Speak Physics?' is a fascinating look at the limited perspectives of science by physicist Daniel Whiteson and cartoonist Andy Warner. Wonderful ideas delivered humorously.

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Another fast-paced, rip-roaring instalment in the Expanse series, James S.A. Corey's 'Nemesis Games' has strong characters, intense pacing, and nice worldbuilding. Nothing fancy, but a very entertaining read.

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I’ve just read volume 3 of the relaunched, English-language ’Metal Hurlant’. Wonderful art throughout, although the reprints can have pretty weak scripts, and their sexual attitudes aren’t great. Fav story was Ryan Heshka’s retro-weird ‘Do Not Disturb’

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Wisdom and love are deep in every thread of the tapestry that is Ursula K. Le Guin's 1987 anthology 'Buffalo Gals and other animal presences'. Come for the beautiful writing, stay for the non-human subjectivities.

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I’m very behind with all my anthology periodicals, but I’ve finally read BFS Horizons #17 from 2024. I especially enjoyed ‘Order of Service’ by Joe Durham, and the poem ‘Shadows and Dust’ by G.O. Clark.

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'Under the Eye of the Big Bird' by Hiromi Kawakami trans Asa Yoneda is a beautifully written dreamscape of a mysterious far-future.

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Steve Roud is a giant figure in folklore studies, and his 'Folk Song in England' is a wonderful, rigorous guide to traditional music, and the history of its study.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/699fafb5-f0a6-40df-b052-6b27b3b2ce2b

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Rarely do books get added to my list of all-time favourites. Alex Pheby's baroque philosophical fantasy-of-ideas 'Waterblack' is one of them.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4e768f44-713c-4edf-acd7-42a65776a6e5

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