Fiction: Artemis — Anthony Weir From the guy who brought you The Martian, one of the finest sci-fi adventures of the last 20 years, Artemis is another adventure in space. This time on the moon with lots of science: lunar shelters and manufacturing in zero G and more than most of us need to know about …
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Things that Make You Think
From the exhibition “Guex Liu, Kuu ñunro, Totlalhuan” por Fernando Palma Rodríguez — shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca. These are only a little taste of the many moving constructions. It is amazing what a creative person can do with some quality servos and a couple of Arduino boards. Sewing machines and …
The Books of December
More or less. I’ve got a lot of books to catch up on. Here’s the first batch. Fiction: Beartown — Fredrik Backman (2017) Dropped it after just a couple of chapters. I like hockey but not this much. And I don’t simpatico with the characters. The idea of an entire town’s future resting on the …
The Books of November
Several books in this issues point to a trend: writers seem to be losing the magic in their work. Is it age, too much writing, or the unbelievably cartoonish reality of the times? Whatever, the magic is gone from a lot of writing at the moment. * Magical Realism can’t keep up with the zeitgeist. * …
The Books of September and October
Read: Fiction PS from Paris — Marc Levy (2017) As close to a pure romance as I am likely to read. Two disaffected characters: a writer hiding from his past success and an actress hiding from her current marital problems. The twist is amusing — the writer, an American living in Paris — is popular …