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Interesting question, Dodo. ;) I did that with historical dictionaries only: it’s amazing to see the whole evolution of a word, the appearance and disappearance of different meanings across ages, nations and territories; the phonetic changes too; the etymology, the internal motivation of the word. I ...

Отзив в Goodreads за Tidbits: One-Page Stories: Surprisingly diverse; I thought there'd be more repetition in sixty takes on the same topic. Here're my favorites: ~ Sam Muller's "The Anti-wish" made me chuckle with its reversal of fairy godmothers' blessings and curses. A favorite passage (which mak ...

And when I was a high school student, I generously helped myself to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary and a few others. But I wouldn't count that as proper reading. No, that`s not reading. We all use dictionaries, occasionally or frequently, but I suppose few would want to really read them ...

My review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built : A quiet yet moving story about finding a sense of connection (if not a purpose ;)). I only wish we got to spend more time with the characters. Maybe in the sequels? Favorite moments: ~ The first meeting of Dex and Mosscap is anime-level hilarious. :D Dex ...

Dodo, I think here's a good place. And I'm interested to hear other people's answers too. My single closest experience to reading a dictionary was reading Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries . It was marvelous. :) (And when I was a high school student, I generously helped myself to the ...

Лелееее... Ле-ле!!! Току-що приключихме с филма Swiss Army Man (2016) / "Мъртвецът, най-добрият ми при ...

Благодаря за „разширената версия“! Не знаех, че има и DLC-та.

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И понеже с Ани днес си говорихме за феминизма в клиширано-криворазбрания му вид: специален поздрав. Хихихи...

P.S. Gabriella is all about equal opportunity, though.

My review of Prometheus Rising : It's hard to rate this book. I didn't learn nearly as much from it as I expected from the raving recommendations friends had given me. At the same time, Wilson's enthusiasm is contagious (even if a bit rash: no, we still don't have the chemicals to alter our mental ...

My notes from The Digital Antiquarian, Vol. 11: 1989 : :) In “The Seventh Sally,” a story by the great Polish science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, a god-like “constructor” named Trurl comes upon a former tyrant named Excelsius, now exiled to a lonely asteroid by the peoples of the planets he used t ...

Отзив в Goodreads за Damnificados: A beautifully written book that unearths beauty in the most unexpected places. Such as: ~ The language often scintillates with wit: On the sixth day of the rains, a plague of mosquitoes arrives and the damnificados are struck by a mystery virus. Their eyeballs go b ...

С Ани изгледахме и третия, финален сезон на Legion . Въпреки опасенията ми, че ниски ...

Being the merge-itchy moderator here, I'll honor your request. :) I only moved the topic to this subforum, because Книгите is for the books in the Human Library series . I know where I would like you to start: by telling us about Russian books that 1) are new--written in the past 10 or at most 20 yea ...

I simply must have this discussed, because there are lots of outstanding Russian books undeservedly forgotten, but mostly because the damn war in Ukraine is also a war on books. Don`t know about Bulgaria, but in Lithuania, and quite a few other countries, hating Putin has evoked hate towards ...

Има хора, които се опиват от катаклизмени истории и злото. Някои от тях и други - от съвремието и новата литература, която по default ме отблъсква, щото се рови във видимото ежедневие и неща, които не изпитвам необходимост да чета, ...

Отзив в Goodreads за Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games: A deeply personal account that dives into some unexpectedly dark waters. I wish the author had given more examples illustrating his design philosophy (the book's subtitle); often, "the fight for a ...

What is lore? If you play video games, you already know about lore. For the uninitiated, I’ll try to explain it to you in a way that gives you the fullest picture. Imagine you are a level-one associate at the latest installment of a derivative yet beloved fast-food franchise. You lead a life of g ...

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(Благодаря за находката на Screen Therapy.)

My review of Count to a Trillion : The text is densely packed with ideas, scientific concepts, and rare words of various registers. Reading often felt like wading through a jungle; I probably didn't choose the best time for this expedition. Some memorable moments: ~ So, certain things have changed ...

Хай. Малко в последния момент, организацията не ми е сила, но все пак.. Утре, 24.06. от 18:30 до 21ч в КЕВА (на Раковски до Билата), ще има представяне на книга с морска поезия на Ники Поета "Заповядайте на музикално-поетичния спектакъл, който сме ви подготвили! Водещ- актрисата и певица Bea MacCartn ...

Pathologic 2 заплашва да измести Planescape: Torment от личния ми пиедестал за (остросюжетна) игра, газеща в най-дълбоки философски теми. Многозначността, недоизказаността, а понякога и чистата непроницаемост на диалозите допълнително гъделичка оная част от мен, която не обича правия текст. В P:T на ...

Този пасаж от Golden Treasure: The Great Green спокойно м ...

Ако някога сте имали пререкания/разочарования/разкатания с родителите/децата си...

... гответе се да гледаме Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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Отзив в Goodreads за Science Fiction Video Games: While I appreciate the scope of this survey and the amount of research that went into it, I wish the tone was less dry. (Which holds for most academic writing, not just this book.) Notes: ~ Tringham's classification of videogame narratives, presen ...

Отзив в Goodreads за The Hermetic Millennia: Like the previous book, this one abounds with complex ideas and vocabulary. Eventually, I started skipping the more technical parts--and found myself enjoying the variety of clashing and complementing worldviews. The MC, thanks to showing some vulnera ...

Отзив в Goodreads за The Judge of Ages: There was a gruesomely violent part near the middle (so nudity is evil and sullies the soul, but gore is totally fine, eh?). Yet the surprising and optimistic ending made up for it--as well as the nagging feeling that the MC is constantly lecturing us the read ...

Welcome to the club! What with the world going from crazy to demented, only morons can afford to be not tired. Being tired means you are still sane. Cold comfort, but still... And of course everybody has the right to silence! Being silent and listening to silence and reveling in silence... A nice ...

Ever since I first saw a review on "Bulgariana" by Randall Baker, I`ve been doing my damnedest to get a copy. It`s been years! Alas... Amazon won`t ship that particular book to my country, and no other way I`ve tried has been of any help. Could/would anybody here tell me more about the book? If ...

Записки в Goodreads покрай Silent Hill: The Terror Engine: ~ Can games help with phobias? Using Max Payne and Half-Life against spiders phobia, Max Payne and Unreal Tournament for heights phobia, and Unreal Tournament for tight spaces phobia, the Cyberpsychology Laboratory of the University of Quebe ...

Отзив в Goodreads за Count to Infinity: The count came to a close that was spectacular but also somewhat self-centered: as if the whole universe revolved around the interactions of three people (or principles). Oddly, this reminded me of the issues I had with the first two Twilight books, and why I ...

Отзив в Goodreads за The Vindication of Man : There were too many ages in this volume, and so too many introductory descriptions of Montrose getting his bearings; and so I started skipping again. But if you like grand ideas, you'll love it as much as the previous ones, if not more. My favorite moment ...