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Favorite Book Series: Inheritance Cycle Just Finished: Dark Profit Saga (Orconomics, Son of a Liche, Dragonfired) Currently Reading: Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-speculation

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Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem (EBook, 2014, Tor Publishing Group)
Isaac Asimov: Foundation (Paperback, 2004, Bantam Books)
Brandon Sanderson: Wind and Truth (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

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J. Zachary Pike: Son of a Liche (Paperback, 2018, ‎ Gnomish Press LLC)
J. Zachary Pike: Orconomics (Paperback, 2014, Gnomish Press LLC)
Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game (Paperback, 1994, TOR Books)

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reviewed Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike

J. Zachary Pike: Orconomics (Paperback, 2014, Gnomish Press LLC)

A disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of deadbeat adventurers. His last shot at redemption could …

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An entertaining read. A little too tropey for my taste, especially if you're familiar with DnD 5e. I thought it was a bit weird that the book lampshades the fantasy racism and then the narrator immediately makes a comment treating the racism as if it was based on fact, but that really only happens once. The story takes a while to really pick up, but I enjoyed the ending. Won't say more to avoid spoilers :)

reviewed Introduction to Analysis with Complex Numbers by Irena Swanson

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Irena Swanson: Introduction to Analysis with Complex Numbers (2021, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd)

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This book was my textbook for Math 112, Intro to Analysis, at Reed College. It does a decent job of fulfilling its purpose, but the author forgets that this is meant to be an introduction to speaking math. There are many terms or methods of description in this book that are unfamiliar and confusing to those not already fluent in the language of math. As one attempting to learn the language of math, I found that many of the explanations were difficult to understand for beginners.

I think it would be a good textbook were it not aimed at being an introduction to the subject it covers.

reviewed House Atreides (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 1) by Kevin J. Anderson (Dune: House Trilogy (1))

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson: House Atreides (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 1) (2000, Spectra)

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World building was interesting but the character development was often dry or lacking. Some characters seem to be pointless or fail to evolve beyond their generic archetype. Interesting book, but not interesting enough to read more than once. This book had the potential to be much better, but it felt like the author didn't want to put in the work.

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Brian Herbert dramatically set up the trial of Leto Atreides as he is framed for blowing up a Tleilaxu ship in neutral space. In order to prevent a war, Leto calls for trial by forfeiture, where his house title and assets are forfeit for the duration of his trial, and restored only if he is exonerated. The odds are against him, he has no idea who framed him, and he has to do something about it. And then, Brian completely shoots it in the foot by saving …