Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Ballingsplaneet by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Started on: 2011-07-26
  • Finished on: 2011-07-27
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: —–
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

My hundredth book of the year! This is another one of the books by Ursula Le Guin taking place in the Hainish Cycle. Humans are living in exile on a planet where the seasons last three-thousand years and the native humans are living a nomadic life. However, the humans were left on the planet when an interplanetary war broke out, and it is now six-hundred earth years later. Winter is coming and with it the barbarian Gaäls who are ready to attack all humans, natives and earthlings alike. So now they have to forget their cultural differences and fight the Gaäl together.
The story is short, and covers several topics. Two cultures working together, preparing for a different season, history, the sustainability of alien races on different planets, ethics, love. And all that in in a little over 150 pages. I really liked the story, especially knowing it fits in a bigger universe of stories.

  • Started on: 2011-07-26
  • Finished on: 2011-07-27
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: —–
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

My hundredth book of the year! This is another one of the books by Ursula Le Guin taking place in the Hainish Cycle. Humans are living in exile on a planet where the seasons last three-thousand years and the native humans are living a nomadic life. However, the humans were left on the planet when an interplanetary war broke out, and it is now six-hundred earth years later. Winter is coming and with it the barbarian Gaäls who are ready to attack all humans, natives and earthlings alike. So now they have to forget their cultural differences and fight the Gaäl together.
The story is short, and covers several topics. Two cultures working together, preparing for a different season, history, the sustainability of alien races on different planets, ethics, love. And all that in in a little over 150 pages. I really liked the story, especially knowing it fits in a bigger universe of stories.