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popsicle-stick · 7 days ago

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its been several weeks and im still thinking about the hard switch by owen pomery im crazyy. im going crazy. the most striking thing about such a short graphic novel for me is how harsh the world was depicted as yet how badly i wanted to be immersed in it. god. man

#if you haven't read it i recommend!!!! i picked it up in blackwell's in oxford. it's a fairly short graphic novel about some space grifters #who are struggling to scrape a living in a world where the substance that facilitates interstellar travel is running out #and despite being so short the world was just touched on enough to /feel/ expansive. idk man #i think it particulary sticks out as a piece of specifically british sci-fi. the scenario being such a clear metaphor for-#-fossil fuel extraction and climate change. and in particular climate refugees making the perilous small boat crossings across-#-the english channel. not to mention the legacy of cultural imperialism and who gets to 'own' cultural artifacts #the climax of the story did resemble more of a rolicking space opera but i don't think it cheapened the other aspects. it was so short #but yeah......idk man. it was good. well-crafted even. i can only hope to make a graphic novel as cohesive and meaningful

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