#rfkuang — Public Fediverse posts
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I understand the dramatic necessity of combining all sins into a single character, in the sense that having more characters would lead to dilution of the story, but it has the effect of making Professor Grimes into a caricature of the "supervisor from hell", rather than an actual one.
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I'm reading "Katabasis" by Rebecca F. Kuang and I guess it's a book that will be particularly appreciated by anyone in academia. It's fiction and mostly set in hell but still deals with a lot of what's wrong with academia and its denizens.
Especially with PhD supervisors -- and I have been one for a very long time. -
I'm reading "Katabasis" by Rebecca F. Kuang and I guess it's a book that will be particularly appreciated by anyone in academia. It's fiction and mostly set in hell but still deals with a lot of what's wrong with academia and its denizens.
Especially with PhD supervisors -- and I have been one for a very long time. -
Currently halfway through Katabasis. What I love about R.F. Kuang, whether it's Poppy War, Yellowface, Katabasis, is how deeply flawed her protagonists are. Sometimes actively unlikeable. But there's always a logic to the flaws. She explains without excusing. #bookstodon #rfkuang #katabasis
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Currently halfway through Katabasis. What I love about R.F. Kuang, whether it's Poppy War, Yellowface, Katabasis, is how deeply flawed her protagonists are. Sometimes actively unlikeable. But there's always a logic to the flaws. She explains without excusing. #bookstodon #rfkuang #katabasis
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“This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional.”
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“This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional.”
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“Meteorologically, Hell didn’t seem much worse than an English spring.”
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Dieses Jahr wollte ich wieder mehr #lesen und habe es geschafft :blobcattoot:
9 #Bücher mit insgesamt 3220 #SeitenDas scheint jetzt für manch einen hier nicht viel, aber da ich tagsüber viele #paper und #dokumentation am Bildschirm zu lesen habe, und abends oft einfach nur noch die Augen zu haben möchte, ist das schon ne Leistung :blobcatboo:
Das beste #Buch dieses Jahr war für mich #Babel von #RFKuang, der größte Reinfall Das #Einhörnchen das rückwärts leben wollte von #WalterMoers
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Book 33: “Katabasis” by #RFKuang.
Kuang is clearly smart and has good ideas. Not a very good writer though. Nothing a good editor can’t help, but hers continues to let her down. Seriously, a book where the chapters just follow the story (almost entirely) in a straight line? Great premise—PhD student descends into Hell to retrieve her advisor—but the linearity gets old REALLY fast. 541 pages. Like “Babel,” the writing doesn’t merit this count.
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Book 33: “Katabasis” by #RFKuang.
Kuang is clearly smart and has good ideas. Not a very good writer though. Nothing a good editor can’t help, but hers continues to let her down. Seriously, a book where the chapters just follow the story (almost entirely) in a straight line? Great premise—PhD student descends into Hell to retrieve her advisor—but the linearity gets old REALLY fast. 541 pages. Like “Babel,” the writing doesn’t merit this count.
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Zuletzt beendetes Buch: "Katabasis" von R.F Kuang. Wie ihr "Babel" grossartig 💚 Wieder Akademia, diesmal: Was nutzen Logik, Philosophie und Magietheorie in der Hölle? Nach Dante's Inferno: Lesen! #Katabasis #RFKuang #Fantasyromane #bookstodon #buchstodon #amreadingfantasy
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@Mellando ja, habe auch vorher #TravisBaldree gelesen und #RebeccaThorne fühlt sich nicht ganz so rund an, aber auch kein schlichtes Rip-Off. Habe mir den zweiten Band via Libby/Overdrive reserviert - 14 Wochen Wartezeit bei HCPL, "mehrere Monate" bei der Queer Liberation Library QLL. Aber ich habe ja auch noch etwas #RFKuang und seit gestern den neuesten von #SamanthaShannon, auf Papier vor mir - und Edward Underhill "In Between Bookstore" und #DevaFagan "House of Dusk" wollen gehört werden.
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#bookwyrm #30daybookchallenges Day 28 - Translated Work - Babel - R.F. Kuang - #babel #rfkuang #darkacademia #Colonialism #translation #historicalfiction #speculativefiction #fantasy #imperialism #linguistics #OxfordUniversity #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
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Tengo un dilema grave:
Tras leer una novela y media de R.F. Kuang quiero darle todos mis dineros siempre. PERO no quiero darles ni un céntimo a hidra, que es que son lo peor... Qué asco de editorial.Eso no quita que declare públicamente que R.F. Kuang es la Reina del Martes Santo y de ahí para arriba.
Ingresando directamente al panteón de mis escitoras favoritas.
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Tengo un dilema grave:
Tras leer una novela y media de R.F. Kuang quiero darle todos mis dineros siempre. PERO no quiero darles ni un céntimo a hidra, que es que son lo peor... Qué asco de editorial.Eso no quita que declare públicamente que R.F. Kuang es la Reina del Martes Santo y de ahí para arriba.
Ingresando directamente al panteón de mis escitoras favoritas.
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‘Babel’ Author R.F. Kuang’s New Book ‘Katabasis’ in the Works as Amazon TV Series From Writer Angela Kang (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #AmazonMGMStudios #AngelaKang #Katabasis #RFKuanghttps://variety.com/2025/tv/news/katabasis-tv-series-amazon-rf-kuang-angela-kang-1236493620/
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Me está gustando bastante el libro que me recomendó @Aletheie . De hecho, sin ni siquiera acabarlo se lo he regalado a una adolescente, por aquello de la educación en valores.
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#Babel by #RFKuang was one of my favorite books to come out in recent years. It's dark academia, anticolonial historical fantasy set in 19th century England. With a magic system based on translation that's super cool. You can pick up the ebook right now on sale for only $2.
https://www.polygon.com/good-deals/505728/babel-rf-kuang-80-percent-off-sale-ebook
