#Haroun of the Sea

[robynsassenmyview]

Just a boy and his Bengal tiger

"Just a boy and his tiger", a review of 'The Life of Pi' for the National Theatre Live, until 31 August.

“YOU scare me, but when I am with you, I feel better,” says Pi to Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger. Photograph courtesy National Theatre Live. VERY OCCASIONALLY, THE world offers you an experience which is so utterly perfect in how it touches you, intellectually and spiritually, emotionally and with quirkiness, that it will change how you look at the world. This is what you can expect in the…

[andreai04]

Don't you know girls have to fool people every day of their lives if they want to get anywhere?

[thearsonistofarland]

Cooking up sinner ocs based on the books my college literature class is reading rn and I’m genuinely having a great time I should make ocs more often

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

[fractal-unfoldment]

Nothing comes from nothing; no story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old — it is the new combinations that make them new.

Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2023. HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES by Salman Rushdie.

Back on my backlist bullshit! I love stringing books together with ~Connections~ for readerly continuity purposes, so please witness the hoopoe on this cover (which I'm carrying over from THE SINGING HILLS).

HAROUN is currently adrift in a sea of my own story, featuring the revision pages on my desk today.

[beanbowlbaggins]

My friend from out of town came to visit, so a group of us got together and ended up doing a b&n book browsing date and boba tea. I got a pink pear green tea with lychee jelly, pink honey tapioca, and pink heart shaped boba.

I picked out Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. I have no idea what this is about, but the cover is a very pretty design in yellow, and there is a 'Sea of Stories' which I'm bound to love.

I also just had to pick up a Magic: The Gathering booster pack for my partner.

[thecrazyalchemist]

U just need to eat Moon-Strawberries, Tails of Comets, Rings of Planets, and for dessert a bit of the Primordial Soup

[simptasia]

LOST reading list

a list of books read by characters in lost for you to enjoy (or not). this isn't every book referenced in lost. for all that and more, see the "literary works" page on lostpedia, where im getting my info

no, my criteria for this list is that it's been read by a lost character. i'll tell you who (you'll see sawyers name a lot), and i'll add if it's somebody's fave book. this list will not include things like the bible or the qur'an or historical texts, as that while that can technically be recreational reading (it seems to be for ben), i'd rather not

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (read by Jack)

Are You There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume (read by Sawyer)

A Brief History of Time by Stephan Hawking (read by Ben)

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (read by Ben)

Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah (read by Ben)

Carrie by Stephen King (Read by Juliet, Ben and various other Others. This is Juliet's favourite book)

The Chosen by Chaim Potok (read by Sawyer)

Dark Horse by Tami Hoag (read by Jack)

The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King (read by Ben)

Dirty Work by Stuart Woods (read by Jack)

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (read by Jacob)

Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie (read by Sawyer)

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (read by Ben)

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (read by Ben)

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (read by Sawyer)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (read by Jack)

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salmon Rushdie (read by Desmond)

Hotel by Arthur Hailey (read by Ben)

The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (read by Sawyer)

Lancelot by Walker Percy (read by Sawyer)

Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov (read by Hurley)

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (read by Ilana)

The Oath by John Lescroart (read by Ben)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (read by Sawyer. This is Sawyer's favourite book and author)

Roots by Alex Haley (read by Ben)

A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda (read by Ben)

The Sheltering Shy by Paul Bowles (read by Ben)

Ulysses by James Joyce (read by Ben)

Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler (read by Ben and Jack)

VALIS by Philip K. Dick (read by Ben)

Watership Down by Richard Adams (read by Boone and Sawyer)

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (read by Sawyer)

Every work by Charles Dickens other than Our Mutual Friend (read by Desmond. This is his favourite author)

I encourage you to speculate on the character implications put forth by these reading choices. This can raise such questions as: Jack is a Harry Potter fan? What is Desmond's favourite book by Charles Dickens? Boone can read??

Thank you for your time

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02/02/24 || Friday

Forgot to post yesterday so I will be posting for 2nd Feb right now. I didn't really study all that much yesterday, just a little bit of condensed matter for class, and then I went back to my room and binged watched a kdrama. I did sleep at 3am and my eyes are drooping close but at least I had fun.

Day 4/30 of 30-Day New Year Momentum Challenge

What book are you reading right now?

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie! At least I'm about to start it, but this is for an assigned reading. For leisure, I last read the translated web novel Qing Kuang, an mlm high school slice of life novel and it was fun!

[ladythomasina]

Thank you to everyone who voted! I am pleasantly surprised that my pick made it to Round 3, especially because I thought many of the other books had descriptions that sounded more exciting than the one I hastily wrote, lol... but I do highly recommend Haroun and the Sea of Stories if you are looking for a lovely, Indian-inspired fantasy novel that will make you feel good about the power of art and stories! (I didn't even mention the fact that it features a genie named Iff, and a robotic bird named Butt, and takes place on a hidden moon that Earth's astronomers have never been able to discover!)

Mystery Fantasy Book Tournament

Round 3: Poll 3

The One with the Heart of a God

Thirty years ago, all the gods tore each other apart, and nowadays people dive to the bottom of the ocean to find and sell as "godware" what pieces they can for their magical properties. After a heist gone wrong, the main character is indentured to work for a scientist on an isolated island where all the priests who went mad when the gods died spend their days. But then his friend shows up and they discover a piece of godware which has amazing healing properties...the still-beating heart of a god.

The One with The Power of Storytelling

In this fantasy inspired by Indian culture and Arabian Nights tales, a young boy goes on a whimsical yet perilous quest to help his depressed father regain his storytelling powers. Their quest becomes a fight against the forces of silence and censorship, to make sure that everyone in the world will still have access to imagination, creativity, and stories.

[bookcub]

Books I Read for My SFF Class Rated from Worst to Best

clearly this is the most objective list ever obviously (jk this is based on how much I got from reading the text to how useful it was in context)

also while this syllabus included movies and tv shows, I am focusing on the books cause this is a book blog

19. Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan- The worst of the worst. Contains racist ideology and a magic system that makes no sense. This is a book clearly written by a white outsider about Hawai'i. I am also far too old for dystopias. One upside is that there were no random romances and it was about familial love.

18. Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson- Despite agreeing with the ideology of this book, this was truly a horrible reading experience. Poorly written, annoying and bland characters, and very inconsistent.

17. Blazewrath Games by - You wouldn't guess that a book that's essentially The World Cup with Dragons could be boring, but you'd be wrong. Nothing significant in this text rip.

16. Peter Pan by J M Barrie- Unfortunately, this book makes sense being included in this context of children's SFF so I can’t say it shouldn't be included, but this book was agonizing to read. Beautiful writing. And yet, some of the most racist and sexist content I have ever read in my life!

15. Charlotte's Web by EB White- Pretty painless to read and interesting to discuss in the context of sff literature cause uh, not generally a book I would categorize as such. I didn’t think our discussions were particularly notable and I would have preferred another text.

14. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline- *sighs* There are some incredibly important concepts in this text but woof. Again, I am too old for dystopias but unexpectedly I had a real problem with the way women were written in this.

13. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum- Again, this is helpful in context of a children's fantasy class and it was fun to read in context as a Wicked fan. If I didn't know it from related media, this would be super forgettable.

12. Bunnicula by Deborah Howe and James Howe- Fun, and a fantastic audio but there wasn't much to talk about here in our class but there's potential. Very funny.

11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling- I am dreading the class on this but I am very excited for the critical readings and it was exciting to re examine the text as an adult with the knowledge I have now. I do think that we could have done a magic school section with books responding to HP instead. Again, interesting in the context of the genre.

10. The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen- One of my classmates had a lot of issues with the portrayal of Judaism in this text, so ideally this would be replaced with a text written by an author who did more research.

9. Feed by MT Anderson- I did NOT like this but incredibly relevant and scary to think this was written about 20 years ago. Good for the syllabus, not good for me!

8. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien- I didn't mind listening to this and it was another sensible inclusion. Occasionally boring but I'm supportive.

7. Haroun and the Sea of Stories by - I liked the perspective this book provided and it was a pretty fun read. I think this would work best as a readaloud text. It was also beneficial to read a book written by an author who wasn't American or British for comparison to the other texts.

6. A Wrinkle in Time by - Another classic that makes a lot of sense in its inclusion in the syllabus. Sparked really good conversations about the definition of genre. I enjoyed resisting this text as well, incredibly nostalgic for me.

5. Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova- A lot of fun! I love portal fantasies and this had a classic adventure but didn't feel trite at all. I actually enjoyed the love triangle and will consider reading the books later in the series.

4. American Born Chinese by Gene Luan Yang- This was a difficult book to read but it was incredibly rewarding. I had to sit with it a lot to process and I think the author asks really interesting questions. I would recommend this to most people.

3. Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo- Shockingly, the adult novel ranks 3 on my list. .. hmmm . . this was largely both because I loved it and hated many of the other books. Absolutely stunning as a novel, engaging, and downright magical. I love books centering family and slowly finding how much I enjoy multigenerational novels. However, it is interesting considering this class is about children's lit. . . I would highly recommend this to readers who want a story that isn't afraid to challenge normal.

2. Kindred (graphic novel) by Octavia Butler- I love Kindred and if this was the novel and not the graphic, it would be #1. An amazing book that does not stray from intense topics and makes history very accessible. The only time travel book I love. I adored presenting on this book and still believe Kindred is one of the best books I have read. Such a good inclusion on this syllabus.

1. Nimona by ND Stevenson- NIMONA MY BELOVED what is there to say. This is perfect for this class. It is certainly marketed to young adults, and uses elements of scifi and fantasy masterfully. Challenges conventions of the genre, asks the age old question of who is a monster and who is human. . .beautiful found family. . .funny as hell. Perfect.

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worlds submissions: world of Watership Down; world of the Septimus Heap books; Kahani from Haroun and the Sea of Stories; the Valley from the Bone books by Jeff Smith; world of the Amulet books by Kazu Kibuishi (there's a map if you want to use a picture to accompany the poll)

Ok, I'm fairly certain Watership Down has no official "name" for its world, so I'll go ahead and put it on. If Septimus Heap and Amulet also have no official titles, please respond to this post with whether there is a 'main' setting/country/part and I will refer to it as [insert name here] and Surrounding Lands on the list. If not, I'll just call it The World of [title]. I've added all the others :)

[cadavvver]

blog intro ‧͙☆༓｡

hiiii my name's Victoria and this is probably my thirteenth blog in 10 years lol

some info:

- i'm 18 and was born on the last day of March ^_^

- timezone is est

- she/they & queer

- biology major with an emphasis on plants & agriculture

interests:

- music: crystal castles, halsey, lana del rey, charli xcx, marina, glass animals, billie eilish, tyler the creator, childish gambino, kendrick lamar, arctic monkeys, tv girl, grimes, mitski, fiona apple, sinead o'connor, lorde, faye webster, the neighborhood, metric, clairo, cults, kesha, the smiths, the 1975, lady gaga, katy perry, ashnikko, beabadoobee, ethel cain, infinity frequencies, p!atd, tøp, sidewalks & skeletons, mcr, poppy, evanescence, mother mother, chappell roan, hatsune miku

- tv shows: death note, love live!, cyberpunk edgerunners, atla, stranger things, my little pony, 911, madoka magica

- movies: coraline, the batman, i origin, avatar, any wes anderson movie, the scream franchise, the book of life, aristocats, shrek

- books: the great gatsby, varjak paw, my year of rest & relaxation, warrior cats, the spiderwick chronicles, little women, scott pilgrim, eggs (jerry spinelli), the bridge to terabithia, haroun & the sea of stories, oyasumi punpun, uzumaki, ptsd radio

- youtubers: markiplier, amazingphil, daniel howell, jacksepticeye, the try guys, nexpo, wendigoon, watcher, brandon rogers

- games: d...danganronpa 🤢, minecraft, roblox, tf2, among us, rain world, littlebigplanet, pokemon, class of 09

- misc: tokidoki, vaporwave, lps, hauntology, liminality, psychology

what will this blog be about?

literally anything that pops into my brain! i might vent on here (with warning tags), might share cool photos, make moodboards, reblog cool stuff, etc.

ya that's. literally it. only dni is bigots, ana/mia glorifiers & pr0ship ppl because I Don't Like You ^_^ baiiiii