August 2025 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Borges Marathon, Part 22: The Secret Miracle

My thoughts on "The Secret Miracle", a short story in which Jorge Luis Borges plays with time and causality.

Reading

Milkman by Anna Burns: Review

My thoughts on a Booker Prize winning novel about a teenage girl living in 1970s Belfast and struggling to survive in a…

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wadholloway on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “I have made a note of this book for when it is released. In SF (that I have read) this…” Mar 17, 00:29
Andrew Blackman on What is this “rules-based international order” you speak of?: “Thanks Stefanie! Yes, those people longing for Armageddon are truly terrifying. Did you read Naomi Klein’s essay about end times…” Mar 16, 12:54
Andrew Blackman on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “It certainly got me thinking too, Silvia! That’s what good novels often do – prompt us to see life in…” Mar 16, 12:43
Silvia Cachia on Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim: “It seems a great book. The concept of identity is very interesting and this book sounds well written. I too…” Mar 15, 12:51
Stefanie on What is this “rules-based international order” you speak of?: “This is such a good post Andrew! You are right, there never has been a rules based order, it is…” Mar 12, 20:23