Media Round Up: Death and Stories
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forestofgloryI read several short things, so I have more media to talk about sooner than expected!
Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City by Katie J Wells, Kafui Ablode Attoh, and Declan Cullen—For my urban planning book club! This gave me lots to think about in terms of urban governance and the gig economy. It was fun to talk about with the rest of the book club, most of whom live in or have lived in DC, about this book!
Tales from Tang Dynasty China: Selections from the Taiping Guangji ed Alexei Ditter, Jessey Choo, and Sarah Allen—I’ve been working on translating a story from Taiping Guangji with my tutor. It’s really interesting and also difficult. One of the things that makes it difficult is that neither of us has much context, so I thought it might be helpful to read some translations of other stories from the same collection. This seemed like a good place to start given that I’ve recently enjoyed books by Jessey Choo and Sarah Allen
This is pretty short, only 22 stories, many of which are less than a page long, but it's a fun selection and I appreciate all the notes giving context. It’s very handy that the explain which characters are historical figures and what’s known about them other than the story.
Imperial Coroner eps 1-8—This is the latest show my group watched picked! It’s another show featuring an extraordinary young woman succeeding in a traditionally masculine job, a favorite troupe of mine! This had been on my radar but I was hesitant because of the law enforcement angle, but that feels pretty minimal. It’s a fun show! Someone made tea using a sword!
Inscribing Death: Burials, Representations, and Remembrance in Tang China by Jessey J. C. Choo—This was a neat book about Tang funerary customs. I liked that it uses entombed epitaph inscriptions as a major source. I didn’t know much about these before reading this book, but now I think they are really cool!
Ancient Detective eps 14-20— This continues to be very fun!
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho—I’m thinking about making a rec list to go with my recent post about cozy SFF, and Zen Cho is an author who I often find cozy. (Her short works more so than her novels) But I couldn’t remember this very well and I wasn’t sure if it was cozy or not, so I wanted to reread. After rereading I didn’t think this was cozy, but it was a lot of fun!
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo—Reading Order of the Pure Moon made me want to reread this as well. It’s still great! I feel like I should have something interesting to say comparing the two, but they are pretty different other than being wuxia novellas.
Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City by Katie J Wells, Kafui Ablode Attoh, and Declan Cullen—For my urban planning book club! This gave me lots to think about in terms of urban governance and the gig economy. It was fun to talk about with the rest of the book club, most of whom live in or have lived in DC, about this book!
Tales from Tang Dynasty China: Selections from the Taiping Guangji ed Alexei Ditter, Jessey Choo, and Sarah Allen—I’ve been working on translating a story from Taiping Guangji with my tutor. It’s really interesting and also difficult. One of the things that makes it difficult is that neither of us has much context, so I thought it might be helpful to read some translations of other stories from the same collection. This seemed like a good place to start given that I’ve recently enjoyed books by Jessey Choo and Sarah Allen
This is pretty short, only 22 stories, many of which are less than a page long, but it's a fun selection and I appreciate all the notes giving context. It’s very handy that the explain which characters are historical figures and what’s known about them other than the story.
Imperial Coroner eps 1-8—This is the latest show my group watched picked! It’s another show featuring an extraordinary young woman succeeding in a traditionally masculine job, a favorite troupe of mine! This had been on my radar but I was hesitant because of the law enforcement angle, but that feels pretty minimal. It’s a fun show! Someone made tea using a sword!
Inscribing Death: Burials, Representations, and Remembrance in Tang China by Jessey J. C. Choo—This was a neat book about Tang funerary customs. I liked that it uses entombed epitaph inscriptions as a major source. I didn’t know much about these before reading this book, but now I think they are really cool!
Ancient Detective eps 14-20— This continues to be very fun!
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho—I’m thinking about making a rec list to go with my recent post about cozy SFF, and Zen Cho is an author who I often find cozy. (Her short works more so than her novels) But I couldn’t remember this very well and I wasn’t sure if it was cozy or not, so I wanted to reread. After rereading I didn’t think this was cozy, but it was a lot of fun!
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo—Reading Order of the Pure Moon made me want to reread this as well. It’s still great! I feel like I should have something interesting to say comparing the two, but they are pretty different other than being wuxia novellas.
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Date: 2024-04-05 07:30 pm (UTC)h o W ?
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Date: 2024-04-05 08:19 pm (UTC)The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water is set during a pretty specific time in Malaysian history, so it's always nice to see other ppl enjoying that too <3
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Date: 2024-04-09 08:30 pm (UTC)It's pretty recent history still, not even 100 years.
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