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Conversations On Kindness by Bernadette Russell

I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. I’m not sure if I’d known what was coming, I would have started it so impulsively. We live in a world where the leader of a major political party (I had to check this was actually true, as I’ve been ill and was concerned I’d had a fever dream where I’d imagined she was a senior politician) describes diversity initiatives as a “poison” , and the presumptive leader of the “free world” (apologies for the liberal use of parentheses, but I’m struggling to overcome deep skepticism about the cultural and political structures which we tend to take for granted and feel powerless to alter for the benefit of us all – i.e. those whose labour is exploited by capital [ more on this later ]) can call the teaching staff at Harvard “woke” and blame the first tragic air disaster in more than 20 years on disabled staff at air traffic control . These are facts, I checked! It’s worth interjecting at this point with a quick definition of woke, as expresse...

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

King Rat by China Miéville

Shannavara: Part One (The Godling Seeds Book 1) by Noel M Overend

Iron Council by China Miéville

Storm Front: Dresden Files Book 1 by Jim Butcher

The Scar by China Miéville

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

The King In Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

The Vorrh by Brian Catling

King And Emperor by Harry Harrison (and John Holm)

One King's Way by Harry Harrison (and John Holm)

The Hammer And The Cross by Harry Harrison and John Holm

The Cats Of Seroster by Robert Westall

The Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Trilogy by Tad Williams

To Green Angel Tower: Book 3 of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, by Tad Williams

Stone Of Farewell: Book 2 of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, by Tad Williams

The Dragonbone Chair: Book 1 of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, by Tad Williams

The Baen Free Library

Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman