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NegativeCurvature finished reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Thorndike Press large print Bill's bookshelf)
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Thorndike Press large print Bill's bookshelf)
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …
NegativeCurvature rated Dark Matter: 4 stars
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Thorndike Press large print Bill's bookshelf)
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …
Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the …
The system’s got inequality as an axiom.
— Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (11%)
NegativeCurvature reviewed Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the …
There's beauty in chaos
4 stars
NegativeCurvature finished reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the moste endearing screwed-up families in …
NegativeCurvature reviewed Sinuhe egyptiläinen by Mika Waltari
Mostly interesting, at times boring
3 stars
NegativeCurvature quoted I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (The Robot Series, #1)
I, Robot is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories by American writer …
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%)
NegativeCurvature quoted I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (The Robot Series, #1)
I, Robot is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories by American writer …
Mathematical squiggles on paper were not always the most comforting protection against robotic fact.
— I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (The Robot Series, #1) (22%)
NegativeCurvature reviewed I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (The Robot Series, #1)
I, Robot is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories by American writer …
The three laws of robotics
4 stars
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".
NegativeCurvature quoted Evastany by Charlotte E. English
When Lokants get involved in our worlds, it always means trouble.
They’re impossibly powerful, and …
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%)
NegativeCurvature quoted Evastany by Charlotte E. English
When Lokants get involved in our worlds, it always means trouble.
They’re impossibly powerful, and …
Immediate denial is always the best policy, even if — damn him — he was right.
— Evastany by Charlotte E. English (24%)
NegativeCurvature reviewed Evastany by Charlotte E. English
When Lokants get involved in our worlds, it always means trouble.
They’re impossibly powerful, and …
Trying to keep up with an ever deepening mystery
3 stars
This book resonates strongly with the second book in the series.
NegativeCurvature reviewed Llandry by Charlotte E. English (The Draykon Series, #4)
Draykoni do not die. Not truly. Not forever.
So we thought. We have been proved …
A little boring continuation
2 stars
Yet I quite like the good old characters.
NegativeCurvature reviewed Orlind by Charlotte E. English (The Draykon Series, #3)
Orlind. Locked behind impassable mountains, buried under the weight of a vast — and terrible …
Semi finale
3 stars
This book wraps up the trilogy, but more books are added afterwards. It was ok, if memory serves.