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As we do deep down analysis to further explore our naïve curiosity, we find another dilemma waiting for us to rob us from the comforts and truths we might have devised for ourselves, and the mystifying dilemma is what should we read, or rather which authors should we devote our time to. Borges would say that everyone is writing the same thing then how does it matter who we should read or who not. Though all of us may be writing about the same thing (to quest the innate desire for peace and curb our existential angst) but perhaps it is the way we write which differentiates some exclusive ones from others. It may be that one would never undertake such a thing if one is not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand as Orwell maintained; but, I guess, an author may have an obligation, which is to not to freeze language, or to pretend it is a dead thing that must be revered, but to use it as a living thing, that flows, that borrows words, that allows meanings and pronunciations to change with time. Perhaps, that’s how the different art movements have graduated over the years and probably that’s why we have seen a plethora of authors, and we are still witnessing it, and perhaps would be seeing it in the future too. And in the same stream we find authors such as Julio Cortazar who experimented with the prose in a way to extend the supposedly boundaries of the literature and transformed the way it is being written. This was a book about the axolotl salamander that can be found down in Mexican canals although they are definitely rare now. As such I was actually amazed to see the amount of information included while at the same time noticing that the book was directed for a very much younger audience than I would think would be ready for this type of read. This is a beginners book on Salamanders and Newts. I mention it here because its section on breeding salamanders uses the Axolotl as the main example, and in so doing, gives a reasonable account, if not completely accurate (its mention of metamorphosing axolotls is rather disturbing in its approach, since it assumes that any axolotl can metamorphose). Apart from this, I recommend it for beginners. I felt the tender squeeze of a wooden robot/ethereal presence's hand, a smile that carries 'the sincere promise of happiness'.

Axolotul” – povestirea curge cu lejeritate, concizie, ambiguitate subtilă pînă la revelarea finală a metamorfozei, lăsîndu-te în fața unei dileme de tipul „ce a fost mai întîi – oul sau găina?”. But as the world gets hotter and hotter, the water gets murkier. Friends become harder to find, and the lonesome axolotl grows even lonelier. Until one day when, out of the blue, a colossal wave carries the axolotl into a surprising new future…. At the same time the book is presented with colored photographs for its illustrative purposes although I find that a lot of these look to be captive animals instead of actual wild axolotls. At the same time each picture used has a caption that although it stands apart from the actual writing is either repetitive or just ends up getting in the way for readers thus it would have been better use to have left the captions out altogether.At the bottom of a lake in a busy city, our axolotl narrator goes to underwater school, collects treasures tossed away by the big lugs on land, and has dance parties with tiger salamander friends. Life is good! A stílusról Rajaniemi ugrott be, csakúgy mint az Extensa olvasásakor. De a finn ecset valahogy vastagabban, színesebben fogott, nekem ez a Dukaj-verzió túlságosan be volt zárva egy fémtojásba, egyetlen robot fejébe - aki hát valljuk be nem a legvagányabb indián a poszthumanista klubban. I have yet to read this text, but from what I have heard, it is very good, if dated (I am unsure if the 1994 edition brings the species and the rest of the text up to date). It does cover the Axolotl though. It is written for the more scientifically minded. A to je bila realna opasnost jer je Stari aksolotl naučna fantastika u klasičnom lemovskom ključu, dakle bavi se manje pojedincima a više jednom konkretnom premisom koju prilično rigorozno istražuje: šta bi se desilo kad bi iznenadno zračenje iz kosmosa za 24 h spržilo sav, ali sav, bez ostatka, organski život na Zemlji (prvih desetak strana knjige), ali bi desetak-dvadesetak hiljada gejmera i programera stiglo da se (kljakavo, delimično) aplouduje na net? A postapocalyptic novel where a mysterious death ray destroys all organic life on Earth, but a handful of nerds and gamers manage to upload their minds into machines using a weird consumer electronics gizmo - or do they? Now they can spend the following aeons wondering if they are really themselves or just superficial, error-prone duplicates.

In this sweet and beautifully designed small book, a little alien peers through a telescope at all the bedtime rituals on Earth. Using mixed media, Bondestam creates rich, layered illustrations featuring animals all across the globe…. Delicate pen-and-ink applied over the colors give the animals very expressive faces…. [I]t neatly resembles Margaret Wise Brown’s classic Good Night Moon, and fans of that book will appreciate the contrast.” El cuento nos muestra a un narrador que se queda horas mirando a los axolotls en el jardín de plantas solamente observando su inmovilidad, hasta que se transforma en uno. Como empieza a ir todos los días al acuario se obsesiona con estos anfibios, por sus miradas y sus facciones. Él cree que ellos les piden ayuda y siente algo de humanidad en estos ajolotes. De igual manera él sentía temor, no dejaba de pensar en estas criaturas, era algo agobiante pero lindo a la vez, puesto que nunca había sentido una conexión tan grande con otro animal, quería saber absolutamente todo de cómo vivían y pensaban. Hasta que se transforma en uno y por fin puede sentir esa perspectiva. Estaba inmóvil, incapaz de expresarse, él solo con sus pensamientos. Condenado a moverse entre criaturas insensibles.Before I begin: I'm not a fan of Dukaj's newspeak - I find it hard and exhausting to follow. 1/3rd of this edition consist of footnotes explaining the wording used throughout the book. On positive side at least I'm understanding what I'm reading (which I couldn't say about "Król Bólu" - another book of this author). On negative one, it's a very lazy way of introducing a reader to a presented universe at best. I think that at the beginning I was capable of returning to him in a certain way—ah, only in a certain way—and of keeping awake his desire to know us better. I am an axolotl for good now, and if I think like a man it's only because every axolotl thinks like a man inside his rosy stone semblance.

The book shows Linda Bondestam’s mastery by the use and enrichment of the picture book’s entire range.” In this review I put aside all the hype around the book in Poland, additional media content (3D printing, PI videos, etc.). These are additional elements I find supplementary at most. * Various contributors, edited by John B. Armstrong and George M. Malacinski, " Developmental Biology of the Axolotl", 1989, Oxford University Press. Raffaëlli, Jean " Les Urodèles du Monde", 2007 (possibly originally 2006?), Penclen Edition (Author Self-Published).This is my first reading of his writing and it's not enough of a sample for me to form an opinion. I will search out a bit more of his work before deciding if he is a good fit for me. Duellman, William E.; Trueb, Linda, " Biology of Amphibians", 1994, Johns Hopkins University Press.