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Gerrit Niezen

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Joined 4 years, 4 months ago

I'm into open-source hardware 🔌, solarpunk 🌄 and growing food 🥬.

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finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells: All Systems Red (EBook, 2017, Tor)

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. …

Very much enjoyed this book, and could probably have finished it in one day. Not every book needs to be a thousand page saga, and that's great!

commented on Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Time (Hardcover, 2015, Tor)

A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find …

Not entirely sure if I'm still enjoying this book or not, but I'm too invested now to stop and not know how it ends.

Becky Chambers: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Hardcover, 2022, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) …

Can't wait for the next one!

The world described in these books is one that I would love to live in, more than that described in any other science fiction book. Forget cyberpunk, give me solarpunk for life! It's a great book to read before bed, as the book is like a warm hug, helping you settle down and relax before going to sleep.

George Monbiot: Regenesis (Paperback, 2022, Penguin Books, Limited)

Farming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are …

One of those books everyone should read

This book does not shy away from unpopular opinions, and is really good at backing up these opinions with the proper research references. It doesn't just say what is wrong with agriculture today, but also provides a whole range of possible solutions to the problem.