João rated Tales from the Cafe: 5 stars
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克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？
João rated All the Lovers in the Night: 4 stars
All the Lovers in the Night by David Boyd, Sam Bett, Mieko Kawakami
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her thirties. Living alone in an overwhelming city and unable to form meaningful …
João rated Ministry for the Future: 5 stars
Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to …
João rated How High We Go in the Dark: 4 stars
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
João rated Utopia for Realists: 4 stars
Rutger Bregman: Utopia for Realists (2017, Little Brown & Company)
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek (alternatively subtitled And How …
João rated Breasts and Eggs: 5 stars
João rated Before the coffee gets cold: 4 stars
Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in time?
In a small back …
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred (2003, Beacon Press)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from …
João rated Bloodchild: And Other Stories: 4 stars
Bloodchild: And Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only collection of science fiction stories and essays written by American writer Octavia E. …
João rated Earthlings: 3 stars
Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori, 村田沙耶香: Earthlings (2020, Grove Press)
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori, 村田沙耶香
Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or …
Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
João rated The signals are talking: 3 stars
The signals are talking by Amy Webb
Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity, skepticism, colorful storytelling, and deeply reported, real-world analysis in this essential …
