TimmyMac rated This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: 5 stars
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth
Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected. One of …
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I go through phases - sometimes I'm bingeing science fiction or fantasy, sometimes it's classical literature like Moby Dick or Don Quixote. My tastes have historically been pretty dude-centric (Tom Robbins, Cormac McCarthy, Thom McGuane, Hemingway, Steinbeck) but I'm working on that.
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TimmyMac rated The Siberian Dilemma: 5 stars
TimmyMac rated Golden State: 3 stars
TimmyMac rated Slaying the Dragon: 4 stars
Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs
Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR— the company that unleashed imaginations with Dungeons & Dragons, …
Ra by qntm, Sam Hughes
TimmyMac rated There Is No Antimemetics Division: 5 stars
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties ; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people …
TimmyMac rated Roadside Picnic: 4 stars
TimmyMac rated Tactical Barbell: 4 stars
TimmyMac rated The Ministry for the Future: 5 stars
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to …
TimmyMac rated 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: 4 stars
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans …
TimmyMac rated Ring Shout: 4 stars
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the …
TimmyMac rated Underground airlines: 4 stars
Underground airlines by Ben H. Winters
"It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking and Happy Meals. Save for …
TimmyMac rated The Thin Man: 5 stars
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and …
TimmyMac rated The Maltese Falcon (Read a Great Movie): 5 stars
The Maltese Falcon (Read a Great Movie) by Dashiell Hammett
Classic noir. Private detective Sam Spade is hired to search for a valuable, gem-encrusted antique in the shape of a …