NegativeCurvature rated Under the Pendulum Sun: 5 stars

Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
Under the Pendulum Sun is a 2017 fantasy novel by British writer Jeannette Ng. Ng's debut novel, it was published …
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Under the Pendulum Sun is a 2017 fantasy novel by British writer Jeannette Ng. Ng's debut novel, it was published …

The epic story of two men, barely out of their teens, taking on one of the biggest polar expedition records …

The first volume of a definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros is set centuries before the events of …

One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …

One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …
The system’s got inequality as an axiom.
— Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (11%)

Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the moste endearing screwed-up families in …
You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason—if you pick the proper postulates. We have ours and Cutie has his.
— I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (The Robot Series, #1) (29%)
Mathematical squiggles on paper were not always the most comforting protection against robotic fact.
— I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (The Robot Series, #1) (22%)
The famous the three laws of robotics are introduced in this collection, and also explored in great depth. Relevant read in the age of machine learning and "AI".
The famous the three laws of robotics are introduced in this collection, and also explored in great depth. Relevant read in the age of machine learning and "AI".
I had spent about three minutes reviewing our options, which was sufficient time to conclude that they were limited.
— Evastany by Charlotte E. English (63%)
Immediate denial is always the best policy, even if — damn him — he was right.
— Evastany by Charlotte E. English (24%)