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TimmyMac

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Joined 1 year, 10 months ago

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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DisCO: If I Only had a Heart: a DisCO manifesto (EBook, 2019, DisCO.coop; the Transnational Institute; Guerrilla Media Collective)

Shohaku Okumura, Dōgen: The Mountains and Waters Sutra (2018, Wisdom Publications)

Samuel R. Delany: Babel-17 (2001, Vintage Books)

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Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (EBook, 2021, Tom Doherty Associates)

Ursula K. Le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) (Paperback, 1984, Bantam)

Martin Cruz Smith: Tatiana (2013, Simon &Schuster)

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TimmyMac rated Underground airlines: 4 stars

Ben H. Winters: Underground airlines (2016)

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 reviewed Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff: Team Human (2019, W.W. Norton)

Review of 'Team Human' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I enjoyed the book - and always enjoy Rushkoff's work - and I agree with most of its conclusions. But I found myself just kind of skimming. I felt like the same point was being made over and over again, and even though I think it's an important point, the book's readability suffers for it.

That said, I'm still Team Human.

TimmyMac reviewed Looking for Alaska by John Green

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life …

Review of 'Looking for Alaska' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I grabbed this book out of a Little Free Library we walked past while my kid was trick or treating this year. I didn't know anything about it or John Green or that it's a YA novel, which is not usually my preferred kind of book. But I'm glad I did. I found it to be an honest, funny, and at times heartbreaking book that captures that time of life (high school) very well. I've since come to learn people are trying to ban that book - which of course they are, they always are. I did see one review that said "Holden Caulfield is back" or something like that, which, you know, let's not get carried away here.

But the book resonated with me - I could see echoes of my own high school friendships and drama in every page, though none of us drank or smoke as aggressively …

I grabbed this book out of a Little Free Library we walked past while my kid was trick or treating this year. I didn't know anything about it or John Green or that it's a YA novel, which is not usually my preferred kind of book. But I'm glad I did. I found it to be an honest, funny, and at times heartbreaking book that captures that time of life (high school) very well. I've since come to learn people are trying to ban that book - which of course they are, they always are. I did see one review that said "Holden Caulfield is back" or something like that, which, you know, let's not get carried away here.

But the book resonated with me - I could see echoes of my own high school friendships and drama in every page, though none of us drank or smoke as aggressively as these kids. I found the Buddhist themes particularly meaningful.

Do definitely recommend.

TimmyMac rated Summary of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's an Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: 4 stars

No cover — Irb Media: Summary of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's an Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (2022, IRB MEDIA)

Summary of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's an Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Irb Media

TimmyMac rated Children of Ruin: 4 stars

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Ruin (Paperback, 2020, Pan Macmillan)

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Thousands …

TimmyMac rated Tales of the Dying Earth: Including 'The Dying Earth,' 'The Eyes of the Overworld,' 'Cugel's Saga,' and 'Rhialto the Marvellous': 5 stars

Jack Vance: Tales of the Dying Earth: Including 'The Dying Earth,' 'The Eyes of the Overworld,' 'Cugel's Saga,' and 'Rhialto the Marvellous' (2016, Orb Books)

Tales of the Dying Earth: Including 'The Dying Earth,' 'The Eyes of the Overworld,' 'Cugel's Saga,' and 'Rhialto the Marvellous' by Jack Vance

TimmyMac rated This Is Your Mind on Plants: 4 stars

Michael Pollan: This Is Your Mind on Plants (2021, Random House Large Print)

This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use …

TimmyMac rated Titan: 4 stars

John Varley: Titan (Paperback, 1979, Futura)

Titan by John Varley

TimmyMac rated Children of Time: 5 stars

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Time (Paperback, 2016, Pan Books)

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's …

TimmyMac rated Mistborn Trilogy: 5 stars

Brandon Sanderson: Mistborn Trilogy (2011, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

TimmyMac rated The Well of Ascension: 5 stars

Brandon Sanderson: The Well of Ascension (2007, Tor Books)

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #2)

Mistborn: The Well of Ascension is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It was published on August …

TimmyMac rated Mistborn Trilogy: 5 stars

Brandon Sanderson, Howard Hughes: Mistborn Trilogy (Paperback, 2001, GOLLANCZ, imusti)

Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, Howard Hughes

TimmyMac rated Blackfish City: 4 stars

Sam J. Miller, Sam J. Miller: Blackfish City (2018, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, Sam J. Miller

A mysterious woman arrives in the floating Arctic city of Qaanaaq, in a future where rising seas have caused dramatic …

TimmyMac rated Desolation Called Peace: 5 stars

Arkady Martine: Desolation Called Peace (Paperback, 2022, Pan Macmillan)

Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan book 2)

An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …

TimmyMac rated A Memory Called Empire: 5 stars

Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire (Paperback, 2020, Pan Macmillan)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the …

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