![]() “Gravity’s Rainbow” by Thomas Pynchon ’59 was a hit within the genre, nominated for a Nebula Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, but also earned mainstream praise. ![]() In “Contact,” Carl Sagan explored the relationship between science, society, politics and spirituality. Like most science fiction, it was more about the social and political consequences than the science itself. ![]() ’43, known for “Cat’s Cradle, “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Breakfast of Champions.” Although officially “mainstream,” his novels included such science-fictional ideas as an unknown state of matter that could destroy life on Earth, and jumping around in time to tell a story from several points of view. Fred Muratori, reference and instruction services librarian, reviewed Cornell faculty and student contributions to the field in a Reunion Weekend talk June 5, “Cornell Luminaries of Science Fiction,” to an enthusiastic group of alumni – some of whom seemed to be aspiring writers.Īmong the biggest names might be Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ![]() If you want more details, of course, ask a librarian. The university has produced more than its share of notables in the field, including several mainstream names. ![]() Next time you’re in a cocktail party discussion about science fiction, you’ll have a lot to brag about. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Thea: As we’ve said above, both Ana and I were *extremely* excited for Going Bovine – it came highly recommended by bloggers, official critics and friends alike. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most. She tells Cam there is a cure-if he’s willing to go in search of it. ![]() Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. ![]() But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Bray’s writing, we eagerly plunged into Going Bovine.Īll 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school-and life in general-with a minimum of effort. And, as Thea was a fan of A Great and Terrible Beauty (and will seriously, honest to god finish reading and reviewing the Gemma Doyle books soon), and Ana was excited to try Ms. Why did we read this book: We have heard nothing but rave reviews for Libba Bray’s newest novel. Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers ![]() Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Literature, Young Adult ![]() ![]() ![]() To escape, physicists must rethink their methods. Worse, these too good to not be true theories are actually untestable and they have left the field in a cul-de-sac. ![]() The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful. In this provocative book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray ![]() ![]() This problem is urgent, and the debate is complex, but I believe we can come together to invent new carbon-zero technologies, deploy the ones we have, and ultimately avoid a climate catastrophe." According to Gates, "to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we have to get to net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases. ![]() By investing in research, inventing new technologies, and by deploying them quickly at large scale, Gates believes climate change can be addressed in meaningful ways. ![]() As a technologist, he has seen first-hand how innovation can change the world. Climate change, according to Gates, will have the biggest impact on the people who have done the least to cause it. ![]() Gates says, "we can work on a local, national, and global level to build the technologies, businesses, and industries to avoid the worst impacts of climate change." His interest in climate change is a natural outgrowth of the efforts by his foundation to reduce poverty and disease. ![]() Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions.īill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis. ![]() ![]() Mummy has been a wife and mother for so long that she's a little bit lost. I just wanted them to stop wittering at me, eat vegetables without complaining, let me go to the loo in peace and learn to make a decent gin and tonic. No.1 bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth and final Why Mummy novel. Debut God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu takes the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize.20 Exceptional Books by Transgender and Non-Binary Writers – Novels and Non-Fiction That’ll Enthral You, Entertain You, Move You and Mend You.The Best Food & Drink Books Announced At Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2023.2023 CWA Dagger Shortlists Revealed - CWA Chair Maxim Jakubowski Talks to Liz Robinson About Them.60 spectacular LGBTQIA+ books to read this Pride Month and every month.May Bookshop Chat - Books With Buzz May 2023.2023 British Book Awards Are Celebrated At Star-Studded Ceremony - We Love The #Nibbies.Put your Feet up and Catch up on Our May Summary of Highlights and Reading Recommendations.We mourn the loss of celebrated British author Martin Amis. ![]() Industry Insights May 2023: James Kellow, Ultimo Press. ![]() Prepare to Celebrate the Nation's Favourite Genre with National Crime Reading Month. ![]() ![]() She reveals a political system of male dominance and female subordination that sexualizes power for men and powerlessness for women. She argues that viewing gender as a matter of sameness and difference-as virtually all existing theory and law have done-covers up the reality of gender, which is a system of social hierarchy, an imposed inequality of power. Through these engaged works on issues such as rape, abortion, athletics, sexual harassment, and pornography, MacKinnon seeks feminism on its own terms, unconstrained by the limits of prior traditions. Authentic in voice, sweeping in scope, startling in clarity, urgent, never compromised and often visionary, these discourses advance a new theory of sex inequality and imagine new possibilities for social change. MacKinnon offers a unique retrospective on the law of sexual harassment, which she designed and has worked for a decade to establish, and a prospectus on the law of pornography, which she proposes to change in the next ten years. ![]() These discourses, originally delivered as speeches, have been brilliantly woven into a book that retains all the spontaneity and accessibility of a live presentation. MacKinnon, noted feminist and legal scholar, explores and develops her original theories and practical proposals on sexual politics and law. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I liked the structure of three separate “stories” that built off of each other in subtle ways – it felt like reading a mini-series. Things I liked: I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this book, but I ended up really enjoying it. Can Anton solve and stop the deeper plot before it’s too late? Anton often finds himself taking various assignments that seem simple on the surface, but often unearth deep plots to disrupt the balance of Power. The book is composed of three separate stories, but follow the same cast of characters. Night Watch follows Anton Gorodetsky, a Light Magician of the Moscow Night Watch, and his various adventures. Balance between the forces of Light and Darkness is preserved through the Treaty, where each side monitors the other via Watches to make sure neither become too powerful. When you are “initiated” as an Other, it is determined if you are Dark or Light. In Sergei Lukyanenko’s Night Watch, those who possess magical abilities (magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, etc.) are labeled as Others, and have the ability to enter the Twilight, another dimension that mirrors the human world. Summary in your own words: The forces of good and evil, light and darkness, hang in a precarious balance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After the fight, Giyu cuts his hair down to shoulder length, now wearing it loose rather than tied into a ponytail. ĭuring his battle with Muzan Kibutsuji, he loses his right arm. These haori were later noted to have belonged to his late older sister, Tsutako Tomioka, and his deceased friend Sabito. Over this, Giyu wears a haori that's split down the middle into two different patterns: the right one a solid red, and the left one geometrically patterned with squares of green, orange, and yellow. Giyu wears a dark cyan-tinted version of the standard Demon Slayer uniform with buttoned white leg-wrapped kyahan and a pair of white zōri with dark blue straps and tabi socks underneath being the same cyan color as his uniform. His eyes are sharp and moderately large, their irises a deep sapphire that fades to a lighter blue and their pupils a bluish-black, and are framed by thin eyebrows. His bangs fall over his eyes in an uneven fringe. ![]() He has unruly black hair of uneven lengths that sticks up in tufts around his head, which he wears tied back in a low messy ponytail at the base of his neck. Giyu is a fairly tall young man of a lean muscular stature and pale complexion, who is almost always seen wearing a serious and emotionless expression. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today. The Roots of Todays Revolution Author (s) Susan Stryker Publisher Seal Press Format Reflowable Whats This Print ISBN 9781580052245, 158005224X eText ISBN 9781580056908, 1580056903 Edition 2nd 13.580056908 Buy eTextbook Lifetime 13.99 13. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s the mid-'70s to 1990-the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years and the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s. Transgender History : The Roots of Todays Revolution by Susan Stryker. ![]() "A timely second edition of the classic text on transgender history, with a new introduction and updated material throughout Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Transgender History: The Roots of Todays Revolution. Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Todays Revolution (Seal Studies) - Kindle edition by Stryker, Susan. ![]() ![]() ![]() So now it’s time for the gang, with Tim, a descendent of their original canine companion, to return to the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon, retrace their steps, and try to figure out, once and for all, what happened that summer. ![]() One member, Peter, the jock, got famous in Hollywood and died, suddenly, surprisingly, possibly a victim of the long-ago mystery. The BSDC never reformed after that summer, and the human members - Andy, the tomboy, Kerri, the bookworm, Nate, the nerd - have been haunted by the case ever since. ![]() That case saw the gang get headlines, and sent a man to jail for more than a decade, but it also split the group. And that’s really too bad Meddling Kids, the second English-language novel from the Barcelona-based Cantero, is a pop-culture gem, a hipster cartoon with surprising depths.Ĭantero largely avoids the pitfalls of nostalgia by setting Meddling Kids thirteen years after the kids of the Blyton Summer Detective Club solved their biggest, and final, case, the mystery of Deboen Mansion and the Sleepy Lake Monster. If you’re the kind of person for whom the phrase “I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids” doesn’t immediately elicit a smile - if not a full-blown flashback to Saturday mornings of cartoons and soggy cereal - you probably won’t see the appeal of the new novel from Edgar Cantero. ![]() |