The new professional and recreational readings I finally started today. Hope to finish them both (plus some additional graphic novels) before the next term begins in two weeks. #ReadAncient

#WonderWoman& #39;s "The Just War" TPB Vol. 1 asks pretty important questions throughout, as the title already suggests. And there are also stories of immigration, exile, jealousy & revenge to ponder about. Hard not to see the real life influences to these stories. Strong commentary.

What I learned from the preface/introduction so far: (1) never read the 1st book in a series *after* the 2nd, (2) "SF" contains so much more than just "science fiction", (3) most of the time it& #39;s way more complicated than you& #39;d think, (4) "scopophilia", (5) still so much to read!

While I have to admit that reading the first paper by Swinford on Kepler& #39;s Somnium has been quite strenous, the second one by Weiner on Shelley& #39;s Frankenstein is a real page-turner. Still wondering myself, what makes these texts so different. Is it the vocabulary? The style?