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an old sailor living on an island in the Salish Sea recovering nihilistic technofetishist I like to read: mostly SciFi and speculative fiction; mysteries and spy stuff too; occasionally theology and philosophy
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Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (that language …
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for …
R. Phlegm rated The End of All Things: 3 stars
The End of All Things by John Scalzi (Old Man’s War #6)
R. Phlegm rated Human Division #8: 4 stars
R. Phlegm rated The Martian: 4 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark …
R. Phlegm rated The Dark Horse: 3 stars
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
Reamde is a technothriller novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2011. The story, set in the present day, centers on …
R. Phlegm rated World Without End: 4 stars
Ken Follett: World Without End (2010, Signet)
World Without End by Ken Follett
World Without End is a best-selling 2007 novel by Welsh author Ken Follett. It is the second book in the …
R. Phlegm rated The Boys in the Boat: 4 stars
Daniel James Brown: The Boys in the Boat (2015, Viking)
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
This is an edition adapted for middle grade and teen readers.
R. Phlegm rated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: 4 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
R. Phlegm rated The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3): 4 stars
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, #3) by Neal Stephenson
The System of the World is a novel by Neal Stephenson and is the third and final volume in The …
R. Phlegm rated Nine Stories: 5 stars
Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger
First published short story volume by the author of Catcher In The Rye.
R. Phlegm rated Death Is a Lonely Business: 5 stars
R. Phlegm rated Cryptonomicon, tome 3 : 4 stars
Cryptonomicon, tome 3 by Neal Stephenson
In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to Detachment …