Dal Cecil Runo

For those who love the world of Avatar, this is wonderful. Kyoshi was always my favorite of the previous Avatars and so when I finally got a hold of the novels, I read it slowly to enjoy everything in it. 

Transcribed dialogues from Borges's lectures at university. Wonderful stuff. It discusses writing fiction, poetry, translating works of literature and more. One of my favorite and most interesting writing craft books I've ever read. 

One of the best books on writing I've read. No magic formulas, no quick and easy. There is a lot to unpack here, and the book will remain one of my craft companions for many years to come.
After reading all the sections, there are several writing exercises for the reader to start a concrete practice. It's fantastic, you don't need more of my rambles, go read it.

What's real anymore? That what the book wants you to question

Here goes my rapid fire reasoning for my 5 stars:
1. I couldn't put it down.*
2. The characters felt so real I wouldn't doubt this as much, but I doubt anyway. *
3. The twists and turns of the structure had me engaged, very stream of consciousness. *
4.The writing was simple, yet catchy and authentic. *
5. Critique on religion? Yes, give me all of it.
Fantastic novel. For brief moments it made me question whether this minister was a real person.

Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but...

1. Did I put the book down?
No. I was supposed to do something else, found this book, listened to it all the way through.

So good!

This guy was ahead of his time. Finally I listened to this book. There's a guy on YouTube who does full audiobooks with great voice acting and atmospheric sounds. It was a great experience and the story in itself left me wanting to revisit it from time to time. I think this and 1984 combined are a great way to foresee the real life dystopia that humanity is heading towards.
I'm just glad I read this.

I listened to the audiobook version and enjoyed those extra details that can only be found in the audio format.

I love how Weir combines the detailed scientific plot points with humor, and for this particular novel, I love how he took this cliche trope that retreats anything and anyone disabled like we're only worth to die somewhere in the plot, and he just subverted it! I wont detail this further. I just love the way he wrote this story. Absolutely refreshing.

If you read The Martian and you liked it, then you will probably like this too.

I love it when the story manages to trick me, and then pulls the run from under my feet with a twist. If you like science fiction about world simulations and AI, this is your book.