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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, #4)
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 …