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BenDoubleU rated From Here to Eternity: 5 stars
From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty, Landis Blair
Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other …
BenDoubleU rated The Art of Travel: 5 stars
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and …
BenDoubleU rated High Magick: 3 stars
BenDoubleU rated The devil all the time: 4 stars
The devil all the time by Donald Ray Pollock
"Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre …
BenDoubleU rated MaddAddam: 4 stars
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #3)
A man-made plague has swept the earth, but a small group survives, along with the green-eyed Crakers – a gentle …
BenDoubleU rated Practical Object Oriented Design In Ruby: 4 stars
BenDoubleU rated The Year of the Flood: 4 stars
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #2)
The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as …
BenDoubleU rated Oryx and Crake [Hardcover] Atwood, Margaret,: 4 stars
Oryx and Crake [Hardcover] Atwood, Margaret, by Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as …
BenDoubleU rated Hyperion: 5 stars
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
BenDoubleU rated A Game of Thrones: 4 stars
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
In A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin has created a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has …
BenDoubleU rated Snow Crash: 5 stars
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …
BenDoubleU rated The Reality Dysfunction: 5 stars
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton (The Night's Dawn, #1)
Space is not the only void...In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds …
BenDoubleU rated Judas unchained: 4 stars
Judas unchained by Peter F. Hamilton (The second book in the Commonwealth Saga series)
The previous novel, Pandora's Star, introduced the Intersolar Commonwealth, a star-spanning civilization of the twenty-fourth century. Robust, peaceful, and confident, …
BenDoubleU rated Pandora's Star: 5 stars
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such sf giants as …