I wish it had more SF and less leftist agenda.
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Software PM, bridge teacher, board game geek. Interested in stock markets and rational thinking.
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Maxim reviewed Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
Mediocre
3 stars
Maxim rated Fallen Dragon: 3 stars
Maxim rated Wittgenstein's poker: 4 stars
Maxim reviewed Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #1)
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars …
Science fiction at its best
4 stars
I wish I could rate it 4.5/5. It reads like an action-packed SF golden age classics, with focus on people, not technology. Very solid explanation of how little it takes for a disperse society to fall into a civil war.
Maxim rated Porterhouse blue: 3 stars
Maxim reviewed Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky
What does it actually mean to be rational? Not Hollywood-style "rational," where you forsake all …
Very complex
5 stars
A cornerstone of modern works on rationality. Some ideas are brilliant and eye-opening, some tend to raise questions, and some are difficult to comprehend. Will have to re-read to understand better.
Maxim rated Rationality: From AI to Zombies: 5 stars
Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky
What does it actually mean to be rational? Not Hollywood-style "rational," where you forsake all human feeling to embrace Cold …
Maxim reviewed Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an …
Gourgeous
5 stars
Borjes' surreal worlds described in the characteristic cozy style. Magnificent and intoxicating, Clarke does know how to write on magic.
Maxim reviewed The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu
Collection of short stories.
Excellent idea, mediocre implementation
3 stars
Maxim reviewed Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a …
Mediocre
3 stars
Expected more from a Hugo award.
Maxim rated Double Star: 3 stars
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles …
Maxim reviewed A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (St. Leibowitz, #1)
In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". …
Like no other
5 stars
Started literally in a Fallout postapocalyptic setting and turned out into a dilemma between human and God's morals. Very unusual. Very thought-provoking.
Maxim rated Practical Aspects of Declarer Play (Bridge University): 3 stars
Maxim reviewed The God Engines by John Scalzi
