John Lusk reviewed The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle. Detective, assassin, and …
"Chinatown meets Neuromancer"
5 stars
Not Mad Max.
The prose is poetry. Go slow.
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Old white cishet suburban male. Software engineer.
Mostly interested in sci-fi (fiction) and anti-racism (non-fiction), but, wow, is that stuff Hard To Read. (Mostly because it's all my fault.)
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John Lusk finished reading The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle. Detective, assassin, and …
The prose is like poetry.
"Chinatown meets Mad Max" is wrong.
It's "Chinatown meets Neuromancer".
John Lusk finished reading We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #1)
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life …
Good stuff.
Kinda reads like something a software developer would write, though. (Sorry, Dennis. Sorry, me.)
John Lusk wants to read We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #1)
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life …
Recommended by a co-worker.
John Lusk wants to read Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the …
John Lusk started reading Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails …
Hard going, so far, but easier than /Racism Without Racists/.
John Lusk wants to read Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the …
John Lusk wants to read Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood
Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood
An edgy, queer cyberpunk detective mystery by an exciting new trans voice from New Zealand.
This punk ain’t feelin’ lucky. …
John Lusk finished reading The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 (Complete Hammer's Slammers) by David Drake
John Lusk finished reading The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 2 (Complete Hammer's Slammers) by David Drake
John Lusk finished reading The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 3 by David Drake
John Lusk reviewed Old Nathan by David Drake
Great Drake, as always. A bit gentler and warmer than normal (for Drake)
5 stars
Feels like it comes from a more mature, somewhat mellower man.
It's still pretty intense.
I've read it several times, so: I like it.
John Lusk finished reading Old Nathan by David Drake
John Lusk reviewed Redliners by David Drake
Good, and intense
4 stars
I think Drake called this his most significant (to himself) novel.
I recently re-read it for, like, the 4th time.
It's great and I recommend it, but it was written by a man working out some inner demons, so it has a certain intensity.