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jjackunrau rated Rainbows in the mud: 4 stars
Rainbows in the mud by Paul Maunder
Cyclocross is no longer cycling's hidden gem. Its rapid growth in the USA and UK means this intense and dramatic …
jjackunrau rated Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games: 3 stars
jjackunrau rated The functions of role-playing games: 3 stars
The functions of role-playing games by Sarah Lynne Bowman
"This analytical study takes a deeper look at the world of role-playing games, providing a theoretical framework for understanding their …
jjackunrau rated Driven: 3 stars
jjackunrau rated The LEGO Ideas Book: 3 stars
jjackunrau rated Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories: 3 stars
jjackunrau rated A Spectre, Haunting: 4 stars
A Spectre, Haunting by China Miéville
China Miéville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: the Communist Manifesto.
In 1848 …
jjackunrau rated The Freeze-Frame Revolution: 4 stars
The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
"How do you stage a mutiny when you're only awake one day in a million? How do you conspire when …
jjackunrau rated Perdido Street Station: 4 stars
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and …
jjackunrau rated Mouse or Rat: 5 stars
jjackunrau rated Babel Indigo Special Edition: 5 stars
R.F. Kuang: Babel Indigo Special Edition (Hardcover, 2022, Harper Voyager)
Babel Indigo Special Edition by R.F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
jjackunrau rated The Past Is Red: 5 stars
The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente (duplicate)
The future is blue. Endless blue...except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind …
jjackunrau rated The Left Hand of Darkness: 4 stars
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female during each mating cycle, and …
jjackunrau rated How to Blow up a Pipeline: 4 stars
How to Blow up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm, Andreas Malm
Why resisting climate change means combatting the fossil fuel industry
The science on climate change has been clear for …