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Ich war mit keiner der drei Biografien vorher vertraut und habe viel gelernt. Gerade die politsch-soziale Einordnung der größeren Geschehnisse hat mir viel gebracht. Und auch wieviel linke Geschichte (europäische und us-amerikanische) nicht im Geschichsunterricht auftaucht (lol). Die Frage am Ende ist natürlich, wieviel haben wir in den letzten 150 Jahren (nicht) erreicht, wie kämpfen wir weiter? Regt definitv zum denken an

I'm not super big on fantasy but this was recommended for it's queerness and it did not disappoint! The world is super rich and the lore very refreshing even though I thought some twists were a little obvious. But overall, I greatly enjoyed it!

I started reading this for points of view on forests as ecosystems and their cultural relevance for us. It's not quite that. I feel the themes of colonialism (obviously) and toxic masculinity within patriarchy, as well as the origin of violence, appear much stronger than the ecological ones. Overall still very good read!

That was definitely interesting! While sections on mimoids (is exmplained in the book) didn't give me that much, the sections on academic pursuits (and believe schools! and failures!) had me chuckling internally. I couldn't really find myself in any of the characters, but I enjoyed the plot nonetheless. I also only afterwards read that Lem wasn't the biggest fan of this translation, so I might check it out in German at some point in time