1. Hello, A Week Later. Consider this the obligatory apology for not being a more faithful blogger.
2. Embassytown. I just finished reading China Mieville’s newest book (and by new, I mean released Tuesday), and it was spectacular, of course. Avice Benner Cho is a resident of Embassytown, a ghetto on a planet where the native Hosts speak Language with two mouths. When a strangely different Ambassador arrives and sends the Hosts into an unexplained frenzy, Avice must learn to play Embassytown politics in the same way she used to spacetravel the immer in order to save her strange city. This book will appeal to fans of Mieville, Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels, the genre “weird,” and Ferdinand de Saussure.
3. Vacation Mode. In the interim week, I have failed to find a house to rent, read hardly any books, had a job interview, and slacked on laundry and dishes. Today I am setting things to rights by reading a lot, cleaning things, and resigning myself to more apartment life.
4. The Buzzer Just Went Off. Ah, that would be the dryer. Until next week, I remain yours truly, etc.
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