Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation by Andrew Marantz
In this incisive history and analysis of social media, Marantz, a New Yorker staff writer since 2011, illuminates the gap …
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alanz rated Summary and Analysis of the Promise by Damon Galgut: 4 stars
alanz rated Thinking in systems: 5 stars
Thinking in systems by Donella H. Meadows
Meadows’ Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from …
alanz rated The Dark Forest: 5 stars
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
The Dark Forest (Chinese: 黑暗森林, pinyin: Hēi'àn sēnlín) is a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. …
alanz rated The Dark Forest: 5 stars
The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu, Joel Martinsen
Sequel to The Three-Body Problem.
alanz rated The three-body problem: 4 stars
The three-body problem
"1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape …
alanz rated Three-Body Problem Series: 4 stars
Three-Body Problem Series by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu, Joel Martinsen
This trilogy follows a broad cast of characters through the centuries as earth enters a crisis following the Chinese cultural …
alanz rated Song of Stone: 3 stars
alanz rated Prisoners Of Geography: 5 stars
alanz rated Snow Crash: 4 stars
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …
alanz rated Flash for Freedom! (The Flashman Papers): 5 stars
Flash for Freedom! (The Flashman Papers) by George MacDonald Fraser
A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he …
alanz rated Necessary Illusions (Pluto Classic): 4 stars
Necessary Illusions (Pluto Classic) by Noam Chomsky
Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies is a 1989 book by United States academic Noam Chomsky concerning political power …
