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Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer: La dialectique de la raison (French language, 1983, Gallimard)

Dialectic of Enlightenment (German: Dialektik der Aufklärung) is a work of philosophy and social criticism …

Convincing but too broad

The main message, that reason is a tool and can be used for evil purposes, is abudantly clear. The fine-grained developments on sacrifice, paranoïa... are covering so much ground that I cannot be sure that the reasonings are correct, whatsmore with the immense erudition needed to grasp all the references.

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Alastair Reynolds: Bone Silence (2020, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)

Sequel to Shadow Captain.

Sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story

Alistair Reynolds delivers a sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story in Bone Silence. Old foes reappear, new allies are made and lots of stunning revelations.

In the acknowledgements Alistair writes that he is setting the Ness sisters aside "for a while". I look forward to reading more about them and/or the Congregation. #Bookstodon