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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right now I'm reading a couple of comic books. First is Laika by Rick Abadzis, about the Soviet Space Program and the titular dog. The second one is Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang, Adrien Gombeaud and Améziane, about events at Tiananmen Square in 1989, when absolutely nothing happened.

Once I'm done with those, I'm finally going back to the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, with Crossroads of Twilight, the tenth book.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How fictionalized is Laika? And I am guessing Tiananmen 1989 is completely non-fiction? How are they both?

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Laika fictionalizes a lot, giving Laika a back story that's pure imagination, but there's also a lot of seemingly historically accurate and well researched story and characters there. The leader of the space program being a former prisoner at a Gulag was an interesting bit of info.

Tiananmen is autobiographical to an extent, but the author says it's not exactly his story, but the story of people like him. Once again it seemed fairly accurate, though I'm not terribly well informed on the subject.

Both comics were decent. Laika was more emotionally evocative, Tiananmen tried to be more accurate, from a protestor's perspective. The art was nice, especially with Laika, which took some creative liberties. Neither book was very long, so definitely worth picking up if you happen upon them.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks, will add them to my list!