Apart from the reanimation, nothing else seems to have any connection with the name Frankenstein. The characterWelp, this is way worse than I thought.
Apart from the reanimation, nothing else seems to have any connection with the name Frankenstein. The characters are whatever. The plot is nonexistent. Everyone and everything in the book wanted to make us like the protagonist, "she is smart, she is kind, and even if she made one mistake or two on the past, now she's growing", well nope. She hasn't changed, the characters around her changed so that she would appear better. I kept reading it because I found the narrator fun, but later on, not even the narration could save this.
Every bad review you'll read on this one is true....more
It's true that this collection of poems is lackluster and sometimes feels like social media quotes, but they way the poems are written is honest. The It's true that this collection of poems is lackluster and sometimes feels like social media quotes, but they way the poems are written is honest. The author doesn't try to impress or embellish the poems using refined and high-society vintage words, they simply speak true what is felt. That's what resonated with me mostly, when I read the poems I felt like love was spilling out from the pages, fluid and vibrant, I could almost touch it, maybe even understand what the author felt during sleepless nights.
I constantly feel like she is trying to encourage me, to make me keep moving, the words sometimes feel like ones of motherly love, which is telling you to stay here and fight because you are needed. I didn't resonate much with the love poems, but enjoyed the "If you are sad" and "If you need encouragement" parts.
I did annotate some things, and some of them are:
--"You would always be the novel I took down from the shelf to read." (p.35)
--"It's the last day of the year And I still lose myself In good books And warm tea" (p.48)
My favourite one of the book:
--"The stars have died And left their light to you Remember this when You feel weak And worthless And blue" (p.106)
I was surprised to find this poetry book sold in Greece, I was already following Courtney on insta when I spotted it so I bought it immediately. I love the jellyfish illustrations ...more
Οποίος επέλεξε τις ιστορίες για αυτή την ανθολογία έκανε πολύ καλή δουλειά.
Καταρχήν να αναφέρω ότι η θεματική "Διανθρωπισμός και τεχνητή νοημοσύνη" τΟποίος επέλεξε τις ιστορίες για αυτή την ανθολογία έκανε πολύ καλή δουλειά.
Καταρχήν να αναφέρω ότι η θεματική "Διανθρωπισμός και τεχνητή νοημοσύνη" της συγκεκριμένης ανθολογίας είναι η αγαπημένη μου απ'όλες του Everly και ίσως η αγαπημένη μου θεματική γενικότερα. Είμαι πολύ θετικά προκατειλημμένη σε όλες τις ιστορίες επιστημονικής φαντασίας που έχουν να κάνουν με ρομπότ ή εμπεριέχουν ενδιαφέροντες ρομποτικούς χαρακτήρες (asimov's stories, star wars, star trek, the iron giant, big hero 6, interstellar), και κυριότερα ανδροειδή (dbh, talos principle, ex machina) ή και σάιμποργκ (alita battle angel, blade runner). Με την διάδωση του gpt στο ευρύ κοινό στις μέρες μας, αυτή η θεματική είναι πιο επίκαιρη από ποτέ, και γι'αυτό οι πρόσφατες ιστορίες έχουν ένα επιπλέον ενδιαφέρον συγκριτικά με τις παλαιότερες αυτού του είδους, παρότι κάποιες από τις συμπεριλαμβανόμενες ιδέες ενδεχομένως κυκλοφορούσαν από καιρό στον κόσμο του sff.
Αναλυτική κριτική:
1) "Έχουνε ψυχή τα Ανδροειδή;" 5/5 Τόσο στενάχωρο και τόσο πραγματικό. Δεν πιστεύω ότι θα φτάσουμε ποτέ σε αυτό το σημείο, καθώς ο άνθρωπος έχει ανάγκη την τέχνη, είτε να την παράγει είτε να την παρατηρεί, γιατί μέσω αυτής αισθάνεται ό,τι αισθανόταν ο δημιουργός του, ή ακόμα κάτι τελείως διαφορετικό από αυτό, κάνει μια συζήτηση με το ίδιο το έργο, αυξάνει τη συναισθηματική του νοημοσύνη. Η ανθρώπινη τέχνη φτιάχνεται με σκοπό, σκοπό στην κάθε πινελιά, ο καλλιτέχνης αναρωτιέται "γιατί φτιάχνω τη γραμμή τόσο μεγάλη" ή "μήπως πρέπει να χρωματίσω το λουλούδι λίγο πιο ροζ;". Θέτει αυτά τα ερωτήματα πολλές φορές και χωρίς να το καταλαβαίνει ο ίδιος. Αναμφίβολα η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη κάνει τέλειους μαθηματικούς υπολογισμούς για να μας δώσει ένα "τέλειο" οπτικό αποτέλεσμα, αλλά είναι προϊόν συγκεκριμένων συναρτήσεων. Αν δώσεις το ίδιο prompt σε διαφορετικά a.i. θα σου βγάλουν πάνω κάτω παρόμοιο αποτέλεσμα, ανάλογα με το database της τέχνης (που έχουν κλέψει/) με την οποία έχουν εκπαιδευτεί. Αν δώσεις ένα prompt σε δέκα παιδιά, το κάθε ένα θα σου ζωγραφίσει κάτι διαφορετικό, ή ακόμα και κάτι παρόμοιο αλλά για διαφορετικό λόγο, γιατί ο κάθε άνθρωπος, ο κάθε εγκέφαλος είναι μια μοναδική πολυμηχανή, που εκκινώντας από ένα πολύπλοκο σύνολο πληροφοριών που ονομάζεται γενετικός κώδικας, έχει εξελιχθεί τροφοδοτούμενος από απρόβλεπτες εξωτερικές μεταβλητές (αυτό που ονομάζουμε περιβαλλοντικές επιρροές ή επίδραση του κοινωνικού περιβάλλοντος) σε κάτι απαράμιλλα μοναδικό. Δεν πιστεύω ότι θα φτάσουμε στο σημείο που θα αποδεχτούμε ολότελα το a.i. art ως ανώτερο του ανθρώπινου, όχι περισσότερο απ' όσο έχουμε αποδεχτεί το digital art ως ανώτερο του traditional. Δηλαδή θα το χρησιμοποιούμε ως εργαλείο για να κάνουμε τη ζωή μας ευκολότερη, ενσωματώνοντας το στις αγγαρειοδουλειές (να βρούμε reference για κατι, να πάρουμε ιδέες κλπ). Το a.i. θα βοηθήσει στις δουλειές που θεωρούμε βαρετές ή δύσκολες ως ανθρωπότητα και όχι σε αυτές που μας γεμίζουν ζωή και δημιουργικότητα. Χωρίς την τέχνη ο άνθρωπος θα είχε τρελαθεί.
Το όνομα Τάλος του διευθυντή στην ιστορία μας παραπέμπει στο παιχνίδι Talos Principle, του οποίου ο τίτλος βασίζεται σε μια φανταστική φιλοσοφική αρχή που διατύπωσε ο Στράτων από τα Στάγειρα, ένας αρχαίος Έλληνας, ο οποίος είναι επίσης φανταστικός χαρακτήρας του παιχνιδιού. Σύμφωνα με κείμενα που βρίσκουμε στο παιχνίδι, ο Στράτων υποστηρίζει ότι εφόσον ο Τάλος, ένας μηχανικός άνθρωπος της ελληνικής μυθολογίας, είχε συνείδηση, έτσι αντίστροφα, και οι άνθρωποι είναι επίσης συνειδητές μηχανές, αν και βιολογικές, που δεν είναι παρά το άθροισμα των φυσικών τους μερών. Εφόσον ο τίτλος της ιστορίας λέγεται "Έχουνε ψυχή τα ανδροειδή" και το Talos Principle πραγματεύεται με ανδροειδή, επιλέγω να πιστέψω ότι ήταν ένα σκόπιμο easter egg. ✨...more
Pure hopelessness and sadness. I just listened to a masterpiece, I think. I don't know what George did, but it looks like he put all his mind and artisPure hopelessness and sadness. I just listened to a masterpiece, I think. I don't know what George did, but it looks like he put all his mind and artistry into this book. I feel the need once again to remind myself to reread it on the future (what a shock, I know), because I am quite certain there are many points I missed due to the format, my attention to the act of listening, as well as my politically virgin mind as of yet. Specifically, chapter 17 which I believe was the largest, described many political ideologies and my mind couldn't focus deeply on it. After that, the book became really depressing, but I understand that everything that was written in the following chapters served the main point of the book: the depiction of the frightening techniques of a totalitarian government, in which a single ruling class possesses absolute power, as also the high level of control that such a government can exert over its citizens.
I didn't like the beginning chapters much, then it got interesting, then it got weird, then again interesting, then really really shocking and finally plain depressing. It is a book that contains so many ideas and I recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind getting a bit disturbed in order to learn. Even if it is considered a sci-fi dystopian, it reads like a non-fiction book to me, because some of the hypotheticals that classified it as sci-fi might just as well be real, in certain times, in certain places. It might seem a hard book to get into, but it is important to continue it. Even if you dislike it, it might give you some ideas and it will undoubtedly give you innumerable things to think about, especially if you don't occupy yourself much with politics.
The feeling of constantly being watched is a very prominent emotion of our times. 1984 has inspired thousands of books, films and other forms of adaptations that were created after the original publication. It has basically shaped humanity through its ideas, to the point where people who read this book nowadays might mistakenly deem it obsolete because they'd claim to know all its truths already. This book was the first. This is exactly why in every bookstore that I enter, no matter how small the city I'm visiting is, there will be at least three different versions of 1984; illustrated, graphic novel, comic, text only, pocket size, huge hardback, normal paperback, leatherbound.
I listened to the audiobook version of the book, the dramatised one that there is on YouTube read by Steve Parker. The narration is exquisite as are the sound effects on the background and the music that sometimes accompanies the words elevates the experience of the listener.
Some sentences that I noted down are:
--"It was a political act", which was referring to the action of adultery.
--"The process of life had ceased to be intolerable", describing the feeling of having someone else to share opinions, beliefs and life with.
--"You are only a rebel from the waist downwards", which I found hilarious.
--"So long they remain in conflict, they prop each other up", which sounds true, since in times of war, the nations put all their resources into scientific advancements (to be used in the military) so that they will survive and prevail.
--"Inefficient nations were always conquered sooner or later and the struggle for efficiency was inimical to illusions". Inefficiency (due to illusions; false beliefs or distorted perceptions caused by political propaganda) weakens a nation’s ability to defend itself, making it susceptible to external aggression, while efficient nations can better withstand threats and maintain stability.
--"To be efficient it was necessary to be able to learn from the past."
--"the best books are those that tell you what you know already"
--"the more intelligent, the less sane"
--"there was truth and there was untruth. And if you clung to the truth, even against the whole world, you were not mad."
Πρόκειται για ένα δοκίμιο που γράφτηκε για να παρουσιαστεί στο πλαίσιο εκδηλώσεων του fantasy festival το 2022, και αφορά το "πάντρεμα" της θεωρίας τοΠρόκειται για ένα δοκίμιο που γράφτηκε για να παρουσιαστεί στο πλαίσιο εκδηλώσεων του fantasy festival το 2022, και αφορά το "πάντρεμα" της θεωρίας του κβαντικού χάους με την τέχνη της αφήγησης. Άλλοτε χρησιμοποιούνται παραδείγματα από την κλασική θεωρία του χάους η οποία ασχολείται με τα φράκταλς, δηλαδή ντετερμινιστικά, μη τυχαία μοτίβα, και άλλοτε από την κβαντική φυσική, όπου τη θέση της γραμμικής χωροχρονικής αφήγησης καταλαμβάνει ένα πέπλο πιθανοτήτων, καθιστώντας την ιστορία ικανή να πλεύσει προς διάφορες κατευθύνσεις ταυτόχρονα. Δεν είχα παραστεί στο fantasy festival της χρονιάς εκείνης, απλώς το βιβλίο μου κίνησε το ενδιαφέρον από τον τίτλο του στο διαδικτυακό μαγαζί του εκδοτικού.
Διαβάζοντας τον τίτλο περίμενα να υπάρξει μεγαλύτερη βαρύτητα στην περιγραφή της κβαντικότητας ως μεθόδου αφήγησης, δηλαδή τεχνικές που μπορούμε να χρησιμοποιήσουμε για να παρουσιάσουμε πολλές πιθανές εκβάσεις μιας ιστορίας στον αναγνώστη με έναν καλλιτεχνικό τρόπο, ώστε η ιστορία να γίνεται κατανοητή και αρεστή. Αν και δεν πήρα αυτό που περίμενα, αυτές οι 60 σελίδες αποτέλεσαν για μένα μια εισαγωγή στη θεωρία του fractal narrative, για την οποία δεν είχα ιδέα στο παρελθόν, και σίγουρα μου έδωσαν κίνητρο να μάθω περισσότερα για αυτή.
Γενικά μου άφησε κάμποσα ερωτήματα, αλλά έκανα αρκετές σημειώσεις για να τις ψάξω πιθανώς στο μέλλον....more
I always enjoy witnessing the concept art behind visually interesting series/movies/games, and this time my thrilMy favourite Marvel series as of now.
I always enjoy witnessing the concept art behind visually interesting series/movies/games, and this time my thrill was multiplied. It's one of those series for which you have heard mediocre things, resulting in you underestimating its quality, but when you finally watch it, it ends up having a great impact on you. First time I watched it I thought it was a very very well played out story and it portrayed concepts I was interested in; Egyptian mythology, a rare (in media) mental health issue representation, powerful and interesting female lead with whom I could identify myself, excellent acting from both the protagonist and the antagonist that made me care deeply for the characters, entertaining secondary characters who are important to the story, and beautiful cinematography along with a wonderful OST (which I ended up listening on Spotify many times). Then it stayed with me. I ended up thinking about this series quite a lot.
This is what makes me wonder why this artbook has no reviews. Where are my fellow Moon Knight enjoyers? I had tried to find this book from local or grand stores in my country but it wasn't being sold anywhere close, so I got it from amazon. It was a gift from my father, and I appreciate that a lot, because it was quite a costly product and also because I really really love this series.
Now about the artbook.
Scarlet Scarab's design was the highlight of the book for me. Excellent design, texture-wise, colour-wise, everything. The hair-tale design of Ammit was also a great idea. I enjoyed reading about the thought process behind the designs of each god of the Ennead as well as the Heka priests. The close-ups of each prop, the weapons, the small details of the uniforms, even the moon-design on the shoe sole were all truly fascinating to my enthusiastic brain.
Just like Mohamed Diab, Episode 5 is my favourite. The way the storytelling plays with the possibilities of it all being a reality or an illusion of an unstable brain, this duality which we as observers are forced to face, it brings us closer to our protagonist's position, it makes us feel what he feels, it makes us see through his eyes. And Oscar's acting pushes the concept to come to life in an unparalleled way.
Marvel took the game one step further with this series and I hope I'll find other people as excited for it as I still remain....more
3) The last third**spoiler alert** 1) The first 1/3 of the book:
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2) The middle of the book is physics.
3) The last third of the book is the "car chase" scene in all good action movies.
The invisible man had a much more violent personality than I thought of in the beginning. Initially I assumed he was estranged from the world's kind demeanor due to the nature of his job. But later, as he tried to explain his situation to the people around him, even while talking to an old colleague of his, a person of science like himself, his reactions appeared to be without logic and his actions were taken too far. He killed without remorse, and his reasoning for doing so was hollow. He wanted to create "a kingdom of terror" using his power, and this confession instantly turned him into a villain. He had no tragic backstory, unlike Frankenstein's monster who was repeatedly abandoned by his creator, every hope for his integration into society successively destroyed, thus cursing humanity and proclaiming war to all of human kind. The invisible man cursed humanity for no reason other than people being annoyed when they were being spooked or attacked by a stranger with no apparent physical form.
He committed theft time and time again, expressing no qualms or second thoughts about his actions, wholeheartedly believing he did nothing wrong, having the audacity to get upset whenever someone claimed the opposite. He indirectly led his father to his death and whatever small hint of remorse he might have felt was translated as a simple biological malfunction due to being emotionally attached to a familiar face. When he claimed he wanted to create and control a town on his own, executing a person each day for the sake of exemplification, I immediately started thinking about the possible medical diagnoses for disturbed mental health this man could have. However, this being a novella, we don't get to thoroughly assess his character or understand the basic root for his emotional reactions that constitute his psyche.
It was an interesting novella, around 5 hours of listening. I listened to the greek audiobook version of it, with a very good narrator who made the story infinitely more entertaining than it would have been had I possibly physically read it (Μέμος Μπεγνής). Put a bit of physics, some mystery or crime, and a lot of chase, and you instantly have a best seller classic sci-fi....more
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