Ell commented on Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose …
This book just described octopuses as having "haphazard sex lives" and like...yeah, I feel ya buddy!
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Ell quoted Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose …
The chemistry of life is an aquatic chemistry. We can get by on land only by carrying a huge amount of salt water around with us.
I'd never thought of it this way, but it tracks! Love this observation.
Ell started reading Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses …
Ell finished reading Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you've sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? …
Ell started reading The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2)
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2)
This is the second novel in the "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" near-future trilogy. Written by the China's multiple-award-winning science fiction …
Ell wants to read The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the …
Ell started reading Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.
There are some …
Ell started reading An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used …
Ell started reading A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #1)
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #1)
I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.
Everyone loves Orion Lake. …
Ell finished reading Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him.
When his traditional Latinx family has problems …
Ell finished reading The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
A multiverse-hopping outsider discovers a secret that threatens her home world and her fragile place in it-a stunning sci-fi debut …
Ell started reading Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him.
When his traditional Latinx family has problems …
Ell finished reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she was …
Ell rated Probability Space: 4 stars
Probability Space by Nancy Kress (Probability Trilogy, #3)
In Probability Space, humanity's war with the alien Fallers continues, and it is a war we are losing. Our implacable …
Ell started reading The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
A multiverse-hopping outsider discovers a secret that threatens her home world and her fragile place in it-a stunning sci-fi debut …