![]() ![]() A story about the necessity of exploring the edges of the known."- NPR "A careful look at how no one's immune from politics, even if they think themselves outside the fray. A thrill for fans of heists and capers."- Washington Post "The intricacies and oddities are a delight. ![]() But what makes this book is watching Ingray overcome her poor self-esteem and discover who she actually wants to be, demonstrating again the genre's capacity to tell compelling, human stories."- RT Book Reviews "The trademarks of Leckie's talent are on display, with even more worlds for readers to discover and some teasing overlap with her previous series. "A perfect follow-up to the trilogy."- The New York Times "Character-centered space opera from one of SF's brightest stars."- Library Journal ![]() "More intriguing cultures to explore, more characters to care about, more Leckie to love."- Kirkus There are few who ever could."- John Scalzi "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I then finished up the rest of my senior year of high school, which involved doing some very impressive-looking labs in astronomy that I cannot make sense of at ALL now, having just cleaned out my backpack: #womeninstem I was also so freaked out by the sight of snow on this trip that I made my dad stop the car so that I could walk around in it whenever I saw it: i am a native texan unfortunately.jpeg tamsyn muir i stg i have the exact sense of humor necessary to appreciate a nona arc, PLEASE I went to the Grand Canyon with my dad, which was amazing and awe-inspiring until I realized just how scared of heights I am, which resulted in a lot of pictures like this: look if they’re going to sell a 500-page book in the gift shop called Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon, I am simply not going to take my chances, thanksīut I did get this picture out of it: Yes, that is me pointing and laughing at the word “butte,” because I am a mature adult. With these things in mind, here’s what’s happened since the last time I updated the blog: ![]() Let it also be known that said girl got her wisdom teeth out four days ago and is writing this having not eaten anything except mac ‘n cheese for the past 96 hours. Happy summer, readers! First, let it be known that the girl who is writing this got a 5 on AP Calculus and AP English, showing that women truly can have it all, and also that I am a once-in-a-generation calculus genius, etc., etc. ![]() ![]() More importantly, such obstacles put into question his ideas of performance in general, as well as the way they can still resonate in our own understanding of what performance is or might be in a broader sense.Ībstract = "Brechts own ideas of how to perform ancient poetry in a modern setting, as exemplified by the originally alienating figure of the tragic chorus. In turn, such difficulties brought to light the problem of rhythm in its relation to Brecht’s own ideas of how to perform ancient poetry in a modern setting, as exemplified by the originally alienating figure of the tragic chorus. From the isolated first performance of Antigone, a model was created – the Antigonemodell – that demanded a direct confrontation with the many obstacles brought about by the foreign structure of Greek tragedy as a whole. ![]() However, his encounter with Hölderlin's unorthodox translation of Antigone, the main source for his appropriation and rewriting of the play, led him to engage in a radical experiment in theatrical practice. From the beginning, Brecht made it his task to wrench ancient tragic poetry out of its “ideological haze”, and proceeded to dismantle and eliminate what he named the “element of fate”, the crucial substance of tragic myth itself. ![]() ![]() Brecht’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone in 1948 was openly a political gesture that aspired to the complete rationalization of Greek Tragedy. ![]() ![]() For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.Īs her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught-about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. ![]() With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire, and Elisabeth is implicated in the crime. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery-magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. ![]() They can speak they can move they can turn into creatures that attack. ![]() “If you loved the Hogwarts Library…you’ll be right at home at Summershall.” -Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingaleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an “enthralling adventure” ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom.Īll sorcerers are evil. Sorcery of Thorns, a fantasy, is a 2020 Lone Star novel.Raised in one of the Great Libraries, Elisabeth feels a kinship with the books of the libraries. “A bewitching gem.I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series ![]() |