Andy rated The Ministry for the Future: 3 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 …
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Andy rated Shoko's Smile: 4 stars
Shoko's Smile by Choi Eunyoung, Sung Ryu
In crisp, unembellished prose, Eun-young Choi paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the …
Andy rated The Truth and Other Stories: 2 stars
The Truth and Other Stories by Stanisław Lem, Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Of these twelve short stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, only three have previously appeared in English, making this …
Andy rated A Man With One of Those Faces: 4 stars
A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell
The first time somebody tried to kill him was an accident.
The second time was deliberate.
Now Paul Mulchrone finds …
Andy rated The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet: 5 stars
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the “high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island” that is the Japanese Empire’s …
The Rig by Roger Levy
On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world …
Andy rated Tomorrow's Kin: 3 stars
Tomorrow's Kin by Nancy Kress (Yesterday's Kin Trilogy, #1)
The aliens have arrived...
They've landed their Embassy ship on a platform in New York Harbor, and will only speak …
Andy rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 2 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Andy rated An Artist of the Floating World: 4 stars
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind …
Andy rated Parable of the Talents: 4 stars
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #2)
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …
Andy rated Parable of the Sower: 4 stars
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
Andy rated Welcome to Your World: 3 stars
Welcome to Your World by Professor Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Taking us on a fascinating journey through some of the world’s best and worst landscapes, buildings, and cityscapes, Sarah Williams …
Andy rated A Crack in Creation: 4 stars
A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of …
Andy rated Triumph of the City: 2 stars
Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser
A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope …
Andy rated Reality Is Not What It Seems: 5 stars
Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli, Simon Carnell, Erica Segre
What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? In elegant …