Notices by sky (scroeser@kolektiva.social)

@hakan_geijer I do like hearing what people think of books! I suppose I was reflecting on how long it's been since I read them myself.

@hakan_geijer yes, I read those when I was much younger! I haven't revisited them in recent years, I suppose I should have said

@hakan_geijer I find Terry Pratchett to be lovely to be immersed in for a while.

My Real Children was also amazing, though I cannot yet bear to reread it because it gave me so many feelings (years ago).

@hakan_geijer This reading order might be a better start:

1. The Truth
2. Monstrous Regiment
3. Going Postal
4. Making Money
5. Raising Steam

Or there's a quiz here: https://www.discworldemporium.com/reading-order/

The politics in them might not work for you if you're looking for something that helps you explore anarchism deeply. But I guess when I was younger there was a lot that prodded me to think more carefully and compassionately about my political approach.

@hakan_geijer When I was younger reading Woman at the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy; the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson; and Terry Pratchett's books.

These days one of the most striking books I've read is Paved Paradise, by Henry Grabar.

@hakan_geijer Oh dear. I hope it gets better.

I am so furious that we must all live (and some of us die) like this.

We could have a better world. There is enough. We could all be safe, we could all have food, we could all have housing, we could all get around with wrecking the planet.

We could do what is necessary and still spend time on love and creation.

There could be forests, there could be deserts full of life, the sea could be alive with whales and tiny crawling things in the depths.

The accumulation of power in a few hands, and the failure of many of us to do what we can to resist it, keeps us *here*, where even those of us with the rare luck to be safe are still washed over with horror.