Lover of philosophy, fantasy, science fiction, and assorted technical manuals.
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Ancillary Sword is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in …
The first chapter had me worried but once we got going this was a drop everything and read moment.
NB! This is not Ancilliary Justice, but a crititical companion.
This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers …
Strong Towns: A Bottom Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward thinking ideas that breaks with …
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted …
It felt derivative of the author's previous work Firestarter and Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. However it did that thing that Mr. King's novels always do; when the story ended, I felt lost without the characters I had befriended through the reading. Not Stephen King's best work, but hardly a disappointment.
Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour …
Wait for a day when you're really down, hurt, and upset about the direction you see the world moving. Then read this and feel better about the possibilities for change.
In "Bright of the Sky," Kenyon introduced former star pilot Titus Quinn, who loves the …
Meh. The parts I wanted more of we're always just at the edges of the story and the main plotline failed to catch my interest. Read the whole series though, so it couldn't have been all bad.
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork …
I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett to begin with, so feel free to take this with a grain of salt. I think this is one of Pratchett's strongest books. Themes addressed include fanaticism, feminism, the effect of technology on our world, fear of change, and the struggle faced by people as they confront a history that made racism acceptable. An enjoyable read that in typical Pratchett fashion raises questions through humor that leave you thinking long after your initial guffaw has passed.
Annie, younger sister of the princess who would be known as Sleeping Beauty, is immune to magic and stays awake …
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans …
Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between omnivore and vegetarian. But on the brink …
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today
Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European …