A powerful antidote to JD Vance. A little dry in places, but the message is clear.
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bwbeach rated Exit Strategy: 4 stars
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries, comes …
bwbeach rated Rogue Protocol: 4 stars
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more …
bwbeach finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
bwbeach rated All Systems Red: 5 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
bwbeach finished reading What you are getting wrong about Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte
An insider's perspective on Appalachia, and a frank, ferocious assessment of America's recent fascination with …
bwbeach rated The Doors of Eden: 3 stars
The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and …
bwbeach reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
Review of 'Sea of Tranquility' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I enjoyed this book. As with most time travel stories, there's an inconsistency that doesn't quite make sense. But that doesn't matter.
In this short novel, the characters are good and the interweaving of the story at different times in history is done well.
bwbeach rated Kill It with Fire: 4 stars
Kill It with Fire by Marianne Bellotti
“Kill it with fire,” the typical first reaction to a legacy system falling into obsolescence, is a knee-jerk approach that …
bwbeach rated The Peace War: 3 stars
The Peace War by Vernor Vinge
First in a quintessential hard-science fiction adventure, Hugo Award-winning author Vernor Vinge's The Peace War follows a scientist determined to …
bwbeach rated Highly Irregular: 4 stars
bwbeach rated Invisible Storm: 3 stars
bwbeach rated A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: 4 stars
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #2)
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
bwbeach rated Parable of the Talents: 4 stars
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …
bwbeach reviewed American Nations by Colin Woodard
According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven …
Review of 'American nations' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Convincing argument about the stability of the various cultures in North America over the past 400 years, and how they have influenced the history of the United States.