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Steelheart book6/30/2023 ![]() They can only transfer memories by physical touch, and as the molecules grow more distant and less well bonded, the beings begin to fall apart.Ī big theme in this story is that ordinary people can be heroes simply by being ordinary. However, the more he splits himself, the less solid his individual parts become. Mitosis's super power is the ability to split himself into multiple beings. The title of the novellete, Mitosis, refers to an Epic who attempts to retake control of Newcago after the Reckoners have defeated Steelheart. ![]() ![]() For a chapter by chapter summary, see Mitosis/Summary. ![]()
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Otherlands halliday review6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() In an epilogue, the author expands on the lessons deep-time can teach us. Along the way, readers cannot fail but notice unsettling similarities between doomed ecosystems of the distant past and current environmental crises. Fantastic flora and fauna abound, and Halliday stages unforgettable scenes such as the Miocene’s mile-high waterfall as the eastern Mediterranean fills, or under-sea tectonic plate movements as sensed by Jurassic-period ammonites. ![]() The book was conceived as a “naturalist’s travel book” and employs a style that has been aptly described as “lyrical”-which is remarkable given the book’s deeply rooted research (virtually every paragraph has a supporting footnote). Organized around 16 fossil sites, each chapter explores a general theme (e.g., Earth’s cycles, humans’ first appearance, etc.) maps charting the planet’s physical changes lead off each section, and drawings highlight some extinct species. Written by an award-winning young paleobiologist, the book takes readers on a voyage back through the. He works backward through the fossil record, beginning with the most recent ice age at end-Pleistocene to the emergence of multicellular creatures over 550 million years ago. If I had to explain the concept of Otherlands by Thomas Halliday to you in a single sentence, it would be that it’s a book that will take you as close to actual time travel as any words on a page could ever hope. of Birmingham) takes readers on a compelling voyage through ancient landscapes. Paleobiologist and evolutionary biologist Halliday (Univ. ![]()
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Hearts in atlantis novel6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The first story “Low Men in Yellow Coats” could be a novel in its own right, same goes for “Hearts in Atlantis,” which follows, then the book concludes with three short stories. What I assumed to be a short story collection was actually a strange beast all on its own. Hearts in Atlantis was an interesting undertaking. Full of danger, suspense, and full of heart, Hearts in Atlantis takes some readers to a place they have never been…and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War. Hearts in Atlantis is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives set in the years from 1960 to 1999. ![]() |