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Tim started reading Chuchoteurs du dragon & autres murmures by Thomas Geha
]]> ReadStatus9369621792 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:11:08 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim marked as wishlist 'La Cit茅 diaphane']]> /review/show/7530737824 La Cit茅 diaphane by Anouck Faure

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Tim liked Lucille's review of Hard Mary:

"Un r茅cit plut么t 茅trange que j鈥檃i fini par beaucoup appr茅cier !! Grosse passion pour les interviews d鈥檃uteur en fin d鈥櫯搖vre, je trouve que 莽a permet aussi d鈥檃voir une autre compr茅hension du texte ! "

]]> Review7501608603 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:49:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim added 'Hard Mary']]> /review/show/7501608603 Hard Mary by Sofia Samatar

Tim gave 5 stars to Hard Mary (Paperback) by Sofia Samatar
bookshelves: 蹿谤补苍莽补颈蝉, fantasy, translated-books, review-copies, own, short-stories-novellas
]]> ReadStatus9357408833 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 02:22:54 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim marked as wishlist '颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 1922']]> /review/show/5944542030 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 1922 by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re

Tim marked as wishlist 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 1922 by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re
]]> Review3067349621 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 02:22:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim added '颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒']]> /review/show/3067349621 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re

Tim gave 4 stars to 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 (Mass Market Paperback) by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re
bookshelves: 蹿谤补苍莽补颈蝉, fantasy, own, signed-dedicated, reviewed
颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 is the second book by French translator and author Emmanuel Chastelli猫re. It came out in 2017 via a small publisher, Les 脡ditions de l'instant. Unfortunately, this little publisher had to close its books after a few years, but Mr Chastelli猫re found a new home for 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒: Libretto. They reissued the short story collection in a slightly revised edition: the obligatory corrections.

This "novel" is indeed composed of short stories, in a non-chronological order. You're taken back to the early 20th century, in a uchronic setting: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia () is ruling 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 with an iron fist, very egotistically as he doesn't care what everybody else (incl. his mother) thinks of it. Russia has colonised the moon, went up there with particular rockets, straight from Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (as the new cover indicates and is mentioned at the back of the book).

Via the short stories, we get to know about (all is not divulged, however) this wonderful city with all its wonders and glory, its relationships with Earth, but also and not in the least, its gloom and doom, for all is not well if you're not part of the right classes in society. Various characters are put into the spotlight, some even returning later on.

A non-chronological order then, as the first stories take place in 1913, from there we travel two years back (1911), to finally end the journey in 1932.

Emmanuel Chastelli猫re did his research on a historical level and added quite some historical and cultural references (art, books, ...), several of which ring no bell with me, unfortunately. Again, this is a uchronic story with some touches of steampunk, some magic (via our "beloved" tsar, for instance) and some scientific elements, like selenium (the toxic version; ). And not to forget the androids used as servants, for example. Also, the city is also covered by a large glass dome. If that should break, then 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 will soon meet its demise. Its population for sure. The dome would also be a symbol of the tsar's way of ruling or his failure to do it properly.

Presenting a story in this way - short stories, not necessarily in a chronological order - is a original way of taking the reader on a journey, especially one far from his/her daily life. Mr Chastelli猫re's style is not always that accessible (i.e. not your basic French, not that it's badly written, on the contrary), yet the stories do pique one's interest to read on and discover 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 in small chunks. Almost like putting together a puzzle like in archaeology.

Since then, a new collection has come out, expanding on the Russian empire's colony: 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 1922 (2021). I guess I'll have to read that one as well to find out what other secrets 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 has to offer, even though, once more, it's not the happiest place to live in (corruption, deception, autocratic rule, ...), also because of the grey image and toxic fumes of . Then again, what was it like living during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II?

Long story short: a recommended puzzle, this first collection of 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 stories. ]]> ReadStatus9357408450 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 02:22:37 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim finished reading '颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒']]> /review/show/2404479820 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re

Tim finished reading 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re
]]> Review3067349621 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 07:28:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim added '颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒']]> /review/show/3067349621 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re

Tim gave 4 stars to 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 (Mass Market Paperback) by Emmanuel Chastelli猫re
bookshelves: 蹿谤补苍莽补颈蝉, fantasy, own, signed-dedicated, reviewed
颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 is the second book by French translator and author Emmanuel Chastelli猫re. It came out in 2017 via a small publisher, Les 脡ditions de l'instant. Unfortunately, this little publisher had to close its books after a few years, but Mr Chastelli猫re found a new home for 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒: Libretto. They reissued the short story collection in a slightly revised edition: the obligatory corrections.

This "novel" is indeed composed of short stories, in a non-chronological order. You're taken back to the early 20th century, in a uchronic setting: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia () is ruling 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 with an iron fist, very egotistically as he doesn't care what everybody else (incl. his mother) thinks of it. Russia has colonised the moon, went up there with particular rockets, straight from Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (as the new cover indicates and is mentioned at the back of the book).

Via the short stories, we get to know about (all is not divulged, however) this wonderful city with all its wonders and glory, its relationships with Earth, but also and not in the least, its gloom and doom, for all is not well if you're not part of the right classes in society. Various characters are put into the spotlight, some even returning later on.

A non-chronological order then, as the first stories take place in 1913, from there we travel two years back (1911), to finally end the journey in 1932.

Emmanuel Chastelli猫re did his research on a historical level and added quite some historical and cultural references (art, books, ...), several of which ring no bell with me, unfortunately. Again, this is a uchronic story with some touches of steampunk, some magic (via our "beloved" tsar, for instance) and some scientific elements, like selenium (the toxic version; ). And not to forget the androids used as servants, for example. Also, the city is also covered by a large glass dome. If that should break, then 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 will soon meet its demise. Its population for sure. The dome would also be a symbol of the tsar's way of ruling or his failure to do it properly.

Presenting a story in this way - short stories, not necessarily in a chronological order - is a original way of taking the reader on a journey, especially one far from his/her daily life. Mr Chastelli猫re's style is not always that accessible (i.e. not your basic French, not that it's badly written, on the contrary), yet the stories do pique one's interest to read on and discover 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 in small chunks. Almost like putting together a puzzle like in archaeology.

Since then, a new collection has come out, expanding on the Russian empire's colony: 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 1922 (2021). I guess I'll have to read that one as well to find out what other secrets 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 has to offer, even though, once more, it's not the happiest place to live in (corruption, deception, autocratic rule, ...), also because of the grey image and toxic fumes of . Then again, what was it like living during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II?

Long story short: a recommended puzzle, this first collection of 颁茅濒别蝉迟辞辫辞濒 stories. ]]> ReadStatus9334753278 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:36:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim marked as wishlist 'Aatea']]> /review/show/7506492476 Aatea by Anouck Faure

Tim marked as wishlist Aatea by Anouck Faure
]]> ReadStatus9327704656 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 12:46:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Tim wants to read 'Chuchoteurs du dragon & autres murmures']]> /review/show/7501615835

Tim wants to read Chuchoteurs du dragon & autres murmures by Thomas Geha
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