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
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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
Michael Wolf started reading The Weather Machine by Andrew Blum
I'm really hoping for a non-sexy explanation of how forecasting works. Come one please don't fail me
Michael Wolf rated A Short History of Byzantium: 4 stars
A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich
In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three-volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich chronicles the world's longest-lived Christian empire. …
Michael Wolf finished reading A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich
In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three-volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich chronicles …
That wasn't short at all!
Michael Wolf started reading Voyages by John Mandeville
Reading the English translation from the cotton manuscript. I plan on creating a blog post on all of the fun old words I encounter
Michael Wolf finished reading Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
An original plot with a weird boomer of a protagonist. Fun to read, but the character interactions get way more horny than I want in a science fantasy novel.
Well researched and objective, but still entertaining
5 stars
A respectful dive into the structure and origins of harems, particularly in the Seraglio (which the author knows best). The text confronts the moral complexities and Western romanticization of the practice while still maintaining the wonder that harems generated in their time.
Michael Wolf finished reading Wanderings of a vagabond. by John O'Connor
If anyone knows if there was ever a sequel, let me know