Harry

yeah wow.

as far as ends to arcs go, I was a little bit unsatisfied at how in resolving many of the threads, so many new ones were created.

I look forward to reading some smaller scale stories within the cosmere, and have a feeling I'll be revisiting the stormlight archive in the future.

Recipe for global domination:

1. Take a left wing group
2. Accuse them of depraved crimes
3. Use this to justify their murder, along with any associates (no matter how tenuous)
4. Repeat

Incredible documentation of the atrocities the US perpetrated in Indonesia, followed by demonstrating exactly how the methodology was copy-pasted around the globe. The parallels are uncanny, the tragedy inevitable. Time after time, an optimistic, youthful, moderately left leaning group is labelled as filthy communists and becomes the target of limitless violence. The next left leaning group hears the propaganda, and then believes that it won't happen to them because they're so much more moderate. Repeat until the US runs the world.

Really intriguing summary of the way we experience the world around us. Investigates and interrogates the hierarchy of the senses in a way that leaves the reader questioning things they would normally take for granted. My only criticism is the surface level investigation, however plenty of works are referenced for further reading.

Adding this to my non fiction living bible, along with Outlive and Why We Sleep.

This book simply must be read. Paints the most spellbinding picture of the USSR as a place of united hope. A shared hope of the people being exercised each day, in the face of daunting material conditions. The confidence given to a full people of a better future, reinforced through lived experience. Also reads with an undertone of tragedy, of the dashed hopes of hundreds of millions who poured effort into building the USSR.