Granta 158: In The Family
Granta 158: In The Family is a mixed bag, rarely peeking above the average.
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Book reviews
Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem: questions about contact with alien life form
Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem poses existential questions about contact with alien life form but ultimately the hard sci gets in the way of a good story.
On My Radar April 2022 – Batman, Fontaines DC and Twitter
Twitter is topical at the moment with Elon Musk attempting a takeover. The Batman is divisive movie with its dark emo imagery. Fontaines DC rule!
Granta 157 – Stayed at Home
Should We Have Stayed At Home? — Granta asks the question with a strong hint of “yes”.
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson review – we will survive
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe is densely researched book, an analysis of catastrophes and their consequences. Ultimately his positivity suggests we will survive, somehow.
The Every by Dave Eggers: there’s an app for that
Dave Eggers has written an enjoyable follow-up to the sharp satire on social media: The Circle
Neal Stephenson’s Termination Shock
The themes of Neal Stephenson’s story encompasses near future climate disruption, political upheaval, some near future scene setting, and a global stage. These are all neatly tied together through one man’s stubborn attempt to correct climate change and risk the…
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky: Going Underground
Metro 2003, by Dmitry Glukhosky, is about going underground in Moscow. The claustrophic landscape is filled with the dark and the dirt of the campsites and the fear of the murderous creatures in the dark down the tunnel. Each station brings its own philosophical tale.
Granta 156: Interior view
A mixed bag of fiction and non-fiction but enough to entertain and ask questions.
Tracking the ideological shift in equality
This book is an analytical examination of the trans debate from acritical point of view. This is an intellectual anlaysis rather than a manifesto. As the subtitle alludes the book attempts to take the ideology of trans identity and apply it to what is happening in reality for people who change identity, children and puberty and the societal impact of men identifying as women i.e. sex and biology versus gender and identity.