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Indlæser... Soft Scienceaf Franny Choi
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Very much an impulse selection at the library. It seemed dimly familiar, as if I'd heard of it somewhere, but I couldn't remember where. Once I opened it though, I was instantly in love. Written from the point of view of a cyborg, these poems examine humanity, gender, intelligence, grief, sexuality, compassion, and more. I loved too many poems to call out favorites, was too moved to write clever critique. I kept this book out of the library WAY too long and racked up WAY too many fines and I will need to order my own copy to keep if this quarantine ever ends and I have to one day return it. Shockingly vulnerable, yet incredibly cerebral at the same time. All the stars. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"Soft Science explores queer, Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems grounds its exploration of questions not just of identity, but of consciousness -- how to be tender and feeling and still survive a violent world filled with artificial intelligence and automation. We are dropped straight into the tangled intersections of technology, violence, erasure, agency, gender, and loneliness." -- Amazon.com. No library descriptions found. |
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Here are the ones that really worked for me:
- "Glossary of Terms," especially that I could go back and reference it and feel like I was getting another layer out of some of the other poems. Also some of the individual bits, like "Star" x "Dreams of being:" "reached".
- "A Brief History of Cyborgs" - repetition used v well
- "Afterlife"
- "Perchance to Dream"
- "Chi," though I don't know the source material (Chobits). Would rec reading the third section aloud, if just to yourself.
- "Chatroulette"
- "Turing Test_Love" - especially and See also "Glossary of Terms"!
- "Solitude"
- many but not all parts of "Perihelion: A History of Touch"
(Choi is queer, but this book only talks about straight relationships & sexuality.) ( )