Michael Wolf reviewed The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
A Comedy, Though Not the Most Original
4 stars
A few wity jabs at American/British lifestyles. It's a nice, light read that never takes itself seriously
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Michael Wolf finished reading Erewhon by Samuel Butler (Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Fiction. [no. 881])
Samuel Butler's Erewhon, or Over the Range was published anonymously 1872. In this satire of …
A surprisingly enjoyable mix of philosophical discussion and social jabs wrapped in a bit of Victorian prejudice. Would that Samuel Johnson could have met Alan Turing
Michael Wolf rated Northanger Abbey: 4 stars
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Oxford world's classics)
Michael Wolf rated Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: 3 stars
Michael Wolf reviewed The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and …
Personal and prophetic
5 stars
Perhaps this review is biased by being in the software industry but it's find a more riveting read about how the computery sausage is made. An elegant, yet realistic writing style, it resonates decades later with important discussions on labor and finding meaning in post-industrial society.
Michael Wolf rated The Soul of a New Machine: 5 stars
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
"The Soul of a New Machine" is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981. It chronicles …
Michael Wolf finished reading Three-Body Problem Series by Liu Cixin
This trilogy follows a broad cast of characters through the centuries as earth enters a …
Dehydrate!
Michael Wolf started reading Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (Chronicles of Dune, #2)
I suck at Crusader Kings III and Stellaris so this is going to be my 1969 equivalent of watching a twitch stream of those games
Michael Wolf rated Dune: 5 stars
Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #1)
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
Michael Wolf reviewed Otherlands by Thomas Halliday
What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we …
More than dinos
4 stars
Despite the lack of visual aids in the audiobook rendition, this book still stirred the pot of nascent geological interest in me. The eras get jumbled together but the scenes painted from the most astute inferences of the fossil record have stuck. Recommended to all those who live in this world inhabited by the ghosts of those pre-anthropological creatures both mighty and minute
Michael Wolf rated Otherlands: 4 stars
Otherlands by Thomas Halliday
What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experience the reality of nature …
Michael Wolf rated Vanity fair: 4 stars
Vanity fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Everyman paperback)
Michael Wolf rated Dune: 5 stars
Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #1)
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
Michael Wolf reviewed Salt: a world history by Mark Kurlansky
This book takes a look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat--and how …
A lot of salt
5 stars
So much good, awesome history. No bullshit, ample science as well as culinary interest
Michael Wolf reviewed The Weather Machine by Andrew Blum
Not exactly how the sausage is made
4 stars
This is another one of those very-watered down human-centered looks at the history of a science. It didn't really scratch the itch I was seeking when trying to better understand meteorology but it did have some interesting insights about satellites. In short, too sexy