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Pradeep 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 …
Pradeep 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 …
Pradeep rated Artificial Condition: 5 stars
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
Pradeep rated Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury: 5 stars
Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, …
Pradeep 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 …
Pradeep rated Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
In this alternative version of J.K. Rowling's famous tale, Petunia Evans marries the biochemist Michael Verres. The couple adopts her …
Pradeep rated The Last Wish: 4 stars
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer.His sole purpose: to destroy …
Pradeep rated Sword of Destiny: 4 stars
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (The Witcher, #0.7)
Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him …
Pradeep rated In the Beginning...was the Command Line: 4 stars
In the Beginning...was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson
In the Beginning... Was the Command Line is an essay by Neal Stephenson which was originally published online in 1999 …
What if? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …
The Churn by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #0.3)
Before his trip to the stars, before the Rocinante, Amos Burton was confined to a Baltimore where crime paid you …
Pradeep rated Children of Time: 5 stars
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when …
Pradeep rated The Butcher of Anderson Station: 4 stars
The Butcher of Anderson Station by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse 0.5)
Pradeep rated Animal Farm: 4 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals are …