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Scott rated Pushing Ice: 5 stars

Alastair Reynolds: Pushing Ice (Paperback, 2020, Orbit)

Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds

It's 2057. Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form. Bella Lind and the crew of her …

Scott reviewed The zone of interest by Martin Amis

Martin Amis: The zone of interest (2014)

"From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing …

amazing

5 stars

Scott finished reading The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans (The History of the Third Reich, #1)

Richard J. Evans: The Coming of the Third Reich (2005, Penguin)

"Brilliant.” —Washington Post

"The clearest and most gripping account I've read of German life before …

Good even as an audiobook

Scott finished reading Ball Lightning by Liu Cixin

Liu Cixin: Ball Lightning (Hardcover, 2018, Tor Books)

A new standalone military SF adventure from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Three-Body …

⭐️⭐️⭐️ pretty good

Scott reviewed Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli

Carlo Rovelli, Carlo Rovelli, Erica Segre, Simon Carnell: Helgoland (Hardcover, 2021, Riverhead Books)

In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, …

It was ok

3 stars

I came to this to get a good summary of quantum mechanics for someone with a philosophy background, and the first part delivers on that, but later when it gets into the philosophy it becomes quite illiterate.

Scott reviewed Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang: Stories of Your Life and Others (Hardcover, 2002, Tor)

Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent …

Kinda basic but cool

3 stars

Not my type of sci-fi at the end of the day, a little too pop science focused. Loved tower of Babylon, story of your life (the more metaphysical and less pop-sci ones). Rest were ok.