holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•2 days agoPlanet of Exile by LeGuin is a sad torture to read, but totally worh itFew books make me sigh and despair at the tightening grip of age and the decay of hope as this one did. Ursula K LeGuin's tale, Planet of Exile, tells the story...8holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•2 days agoPlanet of Exile by LeGuin is a sad torture to read, but totally worh itFew books make me sigh and despair at the tightening grip of age and the decay of hope as this one did. Ursula K LeGuin's tale, Planet of Exile, tells the story...8
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•6 days agoRocannon's World - my first Ursula K LeGuin read, and certainly not the lastSince my father's funeral, I've owned an Ursula K LeGuin collection. Until recently, I learned it was not the collection I've wanted to read. That book was The ...4holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•6 days agoRocannon's World - my first Ursula K LeGuin read, and certainly not the lastSince my father's funeral, I've owned an Ursula K LeGuin collection. Until recently, I learned it was not the collection I've wanted to read. That book was The ...4
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-140217•8 days agoholoz0r's A-Z of Steam: Breachway When I purchased Breachway, it looked like everything that I wanted from a Slay The Spire - like game. Replayability, a new setting, science-fiction, space batt...1holoz0r(25)•in hive-140217•8 days agoholoz0r's A-Z of Steam: Breachway When I purchased Breachway, it looked like everything that I wanted from a Slay The Spire - like game. Replayability, a new setting, science-fiction, space batt...1
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-166847•15 days agoI finally watched Bugonia ... and I have to say - go watch Poor Things, too...Emma Stone has had a recent knack for really strange, interesting roles in the movies I've watched lately. Thoroughly enjoying Poor Things, (I've not yet read t...7holoz0r(25)•in hive-166847•15 days agoI finally watched Bugonia ... and I have to say - go watch Poor Things, too...Emma Stone has had a recent knack for really strange, interesting roles in the movies I've watched lately. Thoroughly enjoying Poor Things, (I've not yet read t...7
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•16 days agoAnother last book of 2025(The 29th!) - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - but ... why?Small Things Like These is a diminutive book, written by Claire Keegan, who, the back cover of the book tells me, won many prizes, such as the Rooney Prize for ...13holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•16 days agoAnother last book of 2025(The 29th!) - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - but ... why?Small Things Like These is a diminutive book, written by Claire Keegan, who, the back cover of the book tells me, won many prizes, such as the Rooney Prize for ...13
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•18 days agoMaybe the last read of 2025: The Day of the Triffids The Day of The Triffids is a perfectly executed book. This is evident not only from the fact that it is published as a Penguin Classic, in a familiar, pocket si...20holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•18 days agoMaybe the last read of 2025: The Day of the Triffids The Day of The Triffids is a perfectly executed book. This is evident not only from the fact that it is published as a Penguin Classic, in a familiar, pocket si...20
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-126152•21 days agoThe Best Year of My LifeA bold title to be sure - but why? In summary, this year, began by a return to work, whereupon, on my first day back i the office, a massive restructure of the ...40holoz0r(25)•in hive-126152•21 days agoThe Best Year of My LifeA bold title to be sure - but why? In summary, this year, began by a return to work, whereupon, on my first day back i the office, a massive restructure of the ...40
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•28 days agoThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer - The final VALIS book, reviewedThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer represents the fifth Philip K Dick book I’ve read in a row. I have to say, that this one was the most work. It was the last...13holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•28 days agoThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer - The final VALIS book, reviewedThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer represents the fifth Philip K Dick book I’ve read in a row. I have to say, that this one was the most work. It was the last...13
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-193816•35 days agoholoz0r's 2025 in musicThe old world Perpetually, music is a part of our lives, whether we invite it in or we do not. It plays in the elevator, the grocery shop, it wafts out of publi...12holoz0r(25)•in hive-193816•35 days agoholoz0r's 2025 in musicThe old world Perpetually, music is a part of our lives, whether we invite it in or we do not. It plays in the elevator, the grocery shop, it wafts out of publi...12
holoz0r(25)•in #life•42 days agoThe Fourth Week of my new job starts tomorrow - an updateTomorrow marks the start of the fourth week of my new job. I am yet to be escorted out of the building without an entry pass, but I am very pleased to say that ...34holoz0r(25)•in life•42 days agoThe Fourth Week of my new job starts tomorrow - an updateTomorrow marks the start of the fourth week of my new job. I am yet to be escorted out of the building without an entry pass, but I am very pleased to say that ...34
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•44 days agoMosaic: Room to SurveilMonochromatic monitors painted the walls. Illuminated in a bizzare grey light, his elderly pores held the red tinge of inflammation from a dull razor. Strapped ...1holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•44 days agoMosaic: Room to SurveilMonochromatic monitors painted the walls. Illuminated in a bizzare grey light, his elderly pores held the red tinge of inflammation from a dull razor. Strapped ...1
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•45 days agoBook Review: The Divine Invasion by Philip K Dick Philip K Dick has an obsession with diseased, ill, dying women. They've featured in each of the recent books I've read. Last time, it was cancer, this time, it ...6holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•45 days agoBook Review: The Divine Invasion by Philip K Dick Philip K Dick has an obsession with diseased, ill, dying women. They've featured in each of the recent books I've read. Last time, it was cancer, this time, it ...6
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•46 days agoMosaic: CastleHome was an apartment. It was up three flights of unforgiving, weathered stairs – if the lift was broken. His had a single bedroom. Cold in the winter. Hot in t...1holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•46 days agoMosaic: CastleHome was an apartment. It was up three flights of unforgiving, weathered stairs – if the lift was broken. His had a single bedroom. Cold in the winter. Hot in t...1
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•47 days agoMosaic - HomewardBillboards ran through sequences of marketing that was vapid and uninspiring, for products nobody needed. They illuminated the halls of the train station with t...1holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•47 days agoMosaic - HomewardBillboards ran through sequences of marketing that was vapid and uninspiring, for products nobody needed. They illuminated the halls of the train station with t...1
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•48 days agoMosaic: Coffee ShopHe sat in the café. He looked at his laptop bag, and back to the cooling cup of coffee. Steam quietly drifted upward in the cold winter day. His job interview h...7holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•48 days agoMosaic: Coffee ShopHe sat in the café. He looked at his laptop bag, and back to the cooling cup of coffee. Steam quietly drifted upward in the cold winter day. His job interview h...7
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•49 days agoMosaic: The BuildingThe building was a long-forgotten memory, clinging to an otherwise quiet, modern street filled with structures of steel, glass, concrete and ambition. A single ...1holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•49 days agoMosaic: The BuildingThe building was a long-forgotten memory, clinging to an otherwise quiet, modern street filled with structures of steel, glass, concrete and ambition. A single ...1
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-166847•50 days agoPhilip K Dick's Electric Dreams ends with The Father ThingI am not the only person in the world with "daddy issues" but when I consider the title The Father Thing I definitely think about unrequited fatherly love and i...2holoz0r(25)•in hive-166847•50 days agoPhilip K Dick's Electric Dreams ends with The Father ThingI am not the only person in the world with "daddy issues" but when I consider the title The Father Thing I definitely think about unrequited fatherly love and i...2
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•51 days agoMosaic - The Breathing MachineI see the moustache he wore on the faces of strangers. They're different skulls, different faces, but the features are a memory summoned by adjacent genetics. U...1holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•51 days agoMosaic - The Breathing MachineI see the moustache he wore on the faces of strangers. They're different skulls, different faces, but the features are a memory summoned by adjacent genetics. U...1
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•52 days agoMosaic - Good Morning Phil"You're late again," said the man in the corporate costume. Woven from the same fabric as an ordinary suit, its purpose as a costume was confirmed by the text s...3holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•52 days agoMosaic - Good Morning Phil"You're late again," said the man in the corporate costume. Woven from the same fabric as an ordinary suit, its purpose as a costume was confirmed by the text s...3
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•53 days agoMosaic - Classroom Adrift"Some events occur without us noticing, so that is why we measure as much as we can." A teacher's voice emantated into the cheaply constructed classroom. He had...3holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•53 days agoMosaic - Classroom Adrift"Some events occur without us noticing, so that is why we measure as much as we can." A teacher's voice emantated into the cheaply constructed classroom. He had...3
