Derek Caelin finished reading The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #3)
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out …
Superb.
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Derek Caelin commented on How We Win by George Lakey
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Derek Caelin finished reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
" Historia del tiempo " es un libro de divulgación sobre el espacio y el …
Alas, this book did not magically make quantum mechanics easier to understand.
Derek Caelin stopped reading The Politics of Scale by Nathan F. Sayre
I'll get back to it
Derek Caelin started reading The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #3)
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out …
Reading with my child
Derek Caelin finished reading The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of …
Just as great as the original.
Derek Caelin started reading A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) by Ursula K. Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
Reading to my eight-year-old.
Derek Caelin reviewed Middlemarch by George Eliot (Penguin Classics)
Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in …
Great
4 stars
I'm glad I read it. There was a hot minute (hour) where I thought it all was going to end badly, which made me realize I really cared about it all.
Derek Caelin finished reading Strong Towns by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Strong Towns: A Bottom Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward …
It was interesting, but I don't think I've finished scratching the itch. I want to figure out how to make a better suburb.
Derek Caelin commented on Strong Towns by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Strong Towns: A Bottom Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward …
The author of this book is blowing my mind. He argues that U.S. fascination with infrastructure amounts to a "cult" because the monetary value of maintaining it doesn't equal what is invested in it, but we all still believe it's critical.
I'm not saying I agree with this viewpoint, I'm simply flabbergasted that someone would argue it. It's the closest thing to a bipartisan position in the U.S. that the state must invest in infrastructure. I at least want to hear the argument.
Derek Caelin finished reading How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar …
Good! Never knew the relationship between American Empire and guano.
Derek Caelin finished reading Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #1)
Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the …
Firefly meets Farscape meets... Black Narcissus? I enjoyed it.
Derek Caelin finished reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, …
I loved it, as usual.
Derek Caelin started reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, …
Reading for a book club.
Derek Caelin finished reading The Book by Alan Watts
At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The …
I appreciate how the articulates ourselves as more than just ego.