The best thing about writing is that you can do it practically anywhere - be it on your phone or a piece of paper. There is nothing and then bam! Stories.
Short, sci-i, komedia. Opowiadanie zajęło 3-cie miejsce w konkursie "Pióro Metatrona" (2016)
Słowa MEX ożywiły Radę. Nie dość, że wpadła na zebranie spóźniona i umorusana, to jeszcze od tak rzuciła stwierdzeniem, za które co bardziej niewygodny osobnik mógłby od jutra wąchać kwiatki od góry. Na twarzach zgromadzonych, naznaczonych trudami nieprzespanych nocy i niskim poziomem tlenu, zagościły strach i gniew.
Short, urban fantasy, komedia.
Metty od wczoraj nie czuła się dobrze. Gdy żołądek odmówił jej posłuszeństwa w czasie obiadu, a rodzicielka uznała to za obrazę swych zdolności kulinarnych, dziewczyna postanowiła wymknąć się do Centrum Medycznego w Thoruniu. Zasłaniając się koniecznością udania się do Biblioteki, wyszła na przystanek i wsiadła w pociąg odjeżdżający w stronę Miasta.
Autorski świat, fantasy. Prolog książki nad którą pracuję - niezedytowany, ludźny draft.
Przelała całą swoją uwagę do palców prawej dłoni, kurczowo zaciśniętych na lnianej sukni, a w myślach mamrotała Mantrę Uważności. Wszystkie treningi, zadania i ćwiczenia, którym poddawała się w Akademii, doprowadziły ją do tego momentu. Po przepłynięciu Wody każdy Kołtun, Rozdwojnik czy Urwaniec nie będzie stanowił większego problemu.
Fan fiction, Pokemon, romance-ish? Overall, I consider it my best work so far.
Flawless harmony, deliberately vague tonality and meter… It was perfectly imperfect. Filled with an entire universe of love and longing. The musician had his eyes closed, eyebrows furrowed in complete concentration. Long fingers glided through keys, knowing the instrument as well as Brassius knew his own tools. It was weirdly intimate, and even though the man was playing for the whole dining hall, Brassius, sitting in that dark corner, felt like he was spying. Looking at something private, something he wasn't supposed to, shouldn't be allowed to see.
I was captivated by many things in this book, but especially the magic system. Hard magic is something I love - Babel does it brilliantly. And it uses language, translation, etymology to do it - for fans of these topics this is a must-read. In addition to the excellent magic system, R.F. Kuang also touches on colonization, social inequality, and whether influence on society is possible without violence... and by looking at the title you can guess her stance on this topic. It provokes, makes you uncomfortable and leaves you with unanswered questions, all laced with historical facts and scientific tidbits - all the things I love about fantasy literature.
Where do I even start... If I say that the book is a heavier science-fiction but with a vampire on board, it will be true, but it completely fails to convey the clue of this novel. I remembered it primarily as an extremely intriguing consideration of society, with a history of first contact in the background. The book juxtaposes humans' values, biology and reasoning with an alien's. What is intelligence really and... what for? What do people gain from it? And what about consciousness? With his story full of both action and philosophical musings, Peter Watts asks extremely interesting questions that give food for thought. He also delights with a ton of references at the end of the book, as befits any decent sci-fi!
Sayaka Murata is a genre in itself for me - I searched and searched, but found nothing similar to her work. The author is an unexceptional woman with an equally unexceptional approach to life, which translates into her texts. Morality, rules, social values, sexuality, normality - she takes all this and plays with it as she wants, creating amazing and thought-provoking stories. Accurate descriptions of cannibalism, sex during styes or romantic love for a curtain are just some of the concepts found in this collection of short stories. I need more of her works...
It was the love of the first sentence... "People often shit themselves when they die" - oh yes, Jay Kristoff's style is definitely one of my biggest "writing goals" and never ceased to delight me throughout the reading.