@Garp

@Garp

Gar Petterson

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Interested in Anthropocene and ecological fiction, especially novels that image a pathway away from dystopia.

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Location:stockholm

Gar Petterson's Books by Status

762 Books

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America City
Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better
Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
Casual
All the Water in the World
The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir

Gar Petterson's Reading Goals

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5/104 books
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2025 Reading Goal

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Gar Petterson's Most Popular Reviews

The Goblin Emperor

The Goblin Emperor

Good story, but not totally my thing

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The Luminaries

The Luminaries

Good story but given setting and size of book missed deeper digging into imperialism & ecological change

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Slow Apocalypse

Slow Apocalypse

Not terrible, but disappointing from Varley. Old white American dude's model of the world.

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House of Rain

House of Rain

Visceral social-ecological landscape history

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The Imperfectionists

The Imperfectionists

Fine, but a bit bland. Well-written but don't see what all the fuss is about.