Maxim started reading Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and …
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62% complete! Maxim has read 18 of 29 books.
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and …
This sci-fi is as hard as nails. You can't call the plot unusual — an alien ship crashes on Earth — but you'll learn more about medieval Germany and theoretical physics than you'd do in an average college class. Exceptionally detailed, true to facts, and very well written.
In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and has never been resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical …
In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and has never been resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical …
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake …
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories, published in October 2006, is a collection of eight short stories by …
Expectations: a thoughtful, magnificent mind-blowing world similar to those in "Snowcrash", "The Diamond age", "Cryptonomicon", or "Anathem".
Reality: a scenario for a Guy Ritchie criminal action movie. Russian mafia, Chinese hackers, and a manhunting puma assaulting islamic terrorists.
Reamde is still a fine piece of prose, just don't expect Platonic philosophy in this one.
Reamde is a speculative fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2011. The story, set in the present day, centers …
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake …