Welcome to Litsy!

Written in 1967 at the height of the Vietnam War, this starts out as good-guy-vs-evil-robot Heinleinian military sci-fi, but through flashbacks we quickly see that the human MC is a symbol for US imperialist aggression, & the "good guy" is as much a Killing Thing as the robot, which is reacting (albeit with overwhelming violence) to threats made to its existence.
There's a general styled on Curtis "bomb them back into the Stone Age" LeMay, who ⬇️

"There was the desert, glittering white sand that shifted like talcum when touched, cottony white sky, a quarter of it glaring with the white heat of the sun."

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Although it's not a comedy or satire, this is hitting the same anti-militarisation vibe for the Vietnam War that Dr. Strangelove hit for the nuclear arms race and Mutually Assured Destruction. I'm about ⅓ through and really enjoying it so far.

Ok, here's hoping this classic sci-fi novel suits better than my last book, which I bailed on.

Man versus revenge-filled robot ??? As it's Kate Wilhelm, I expect there to be some nuance and underlying message, rather than just Space Opera "pew-pew" ??

This is the weekend I'm proud to live in Pistoia! It's time for Dialoghi di Pistoia: three days of conferences, lectures and shows, a cultural festival dedicated to anthropology (and many others disciplines)..
I've got tickets for one event on Friday (the one in the picture, with Stefano Mancuso) and then four on Saturday!! 🎉🥰🤓

(I'll post some pictures, but you can follow the official page of the event on instagram for everything else 📷)

I loved this! Was surprised to see that it published in 2013 - which is imo before graphic novels really took off and am happy to see that it‘s about to be rereleased - because it‘s was such a hilarious, snarky, bonkers read that I‘m glad that it will find a new audience.

Lowkey this is the funniest book I‘ve read this year

Eh, it was alright. I liked the themes, but the characters were too cliche, stereotypes that annoyed me. #ispybingo: eye, illustrated

Nothing really stood out to me in these high school shenanigans, but it was fun. I liked the competition between the cheer team and robotics team over the budget money (the principal really should have handled the situation differently), and the robot battles. The book starts with a brief shout-out from the author to girls in STEM that feels a bit weird since there is only one girl on the science team and she's a secondary character. #comics

Middle schooler Yusuf Azeem has lived in a small town in Texas all his life. He joins the robotics club at school, but outside of that, he deals with anti-Muslim attitudes, especially when the 20th anniversary of 9/11 happens…

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