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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Can the Moon be used as a weapon?
Twitter likes to have its daily figures of mockery, and today that role fell to Brianna Wu – game developer, women’s rights activist and prospective politician. In response to Space X’s announcement that it was aiming to send people to … Continue reading
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German Reading Project: Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 5
I was so chuffed with myself for being able to get through the last couple of chapters relatively easily, and then Katniss and Peeta got to the Capitol, and the vocab changed. All of a sudden I was looking up … Continue reading
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Thoughts: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
This has been on my list for over a year, and I assume Karlie, who recommended it to me, despaired of my ever getting round to it, but slow and steady wins the race, am I right? Spoilertastic thoughts below.
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How easy would it be to cover up alien life?
It wasn’t aliens, despite what The Telegraph claimed, but it was cool. TRAPPIST-1 has a whole clutch of planets orbiting, including several rocky Earth sized planets in its habitable zone. “Well,” the conspiracy theorists are already saying, “of course they wouldn’t … Continue reading
German Reading Project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 4
(Translated by Sylke Hachmeister and Peter Klöss.) Should hopefully have everything typed up and ready to post by the end of the weekend, but let’s not make promises here. Another double entry! Favourite Hunger Games-themed word: das Pfeilkraut: katniss. I … Continue reading
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Thoughts: Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn
Wow, I am still behind in these. Don’t worry though, because some time relatively soon I’m going to hit Ken Follett’s World Without End and then I’ll have plenty of time to catch up. I’ve seen that book. You could … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 book reviews, fantasy, Female Author, Kitty Norville, paranormal romance
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How would scientists announce the discovery of aliens?
On Monday 20th January, Nasa announced a sudden press conference on a “discovery beyond our solar system“. Admittedly, Nasa has become a bit notorious for calling press conferences at the drop of a space helmet, but this one has people quite excited. … Continue reading
German Reading Project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 3
It looks like I’m getting through these fast but actually I’m just ploughing through because I owed like three chapters after getting back from Amsterdam… Favourite word: Der Spotttölpel: Mockingjay. Bonus trivia! OK, this isn’t a real word, but whatever! … Continue reading
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Thoughts: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by J.K. Rowling
And now for something completely different! This was not on my list – I nicked it from my sister while we were in Amsterdam because I didn’t want to finish the book I was reading too quickly (failure, but oh … Continue reading
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German Reading Project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 2
(Translated by Sylke Hachmeister and Peter Klöss.) I’m going to try really hard not to make every one of these into little political rants, OK? Unfortunately, the German language is tied up in politics for me right now. Let me … Continue reading
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