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Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine (Hardcover, 2007, Metropolitan Books)

Howard Zinn, H. Zinn: A People's History of the United States (Paperback, 2010, Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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jonathan.brodsky rated Roadside Picnic: 4 stars

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky: Roadside Picnic (Paperback, 2000, Gollancz)

Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky (SF Collector's Edition)

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture …

jonathan.brodsky reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)

Ursula K. Le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea (2004)

A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le …

Review of 'A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

This was brilliant. There is so much in it that I would not have picked up as a kid, but now it spoke very strongly to me. The notion of the conflict being an externalized version of the main character, the rambling pace that it took, and the focus on trust was all excellent.

jonathan.brodsky rated The Bluest Eye: 4 stars

Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye (2005, Plume)

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes.

In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue …

jonathan.brodsky rated Empire Games: 3 stars

Charles Stross: Empire Games (2017, Tor Books)

Empire Games by Charles Stross (Empire Games, #1)

The year is 2020. It's seventeen years since the Revolution overthrew the last king of the New British Empire, and …

jonathan.brodsky rated The Handmaid's Tale: 5 stars

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback, 1991, Fawcett Crest)

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

IN THE WORLD OF THE NEAR FUTURE, WHO WILL CONTROL WOMEN'S BODIES?

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of …

jonathan.brodsky rated The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: 4 stars

Marie Kondo: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Hardcover, 2014, Ten Speed Press)

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, #1)

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled …

jonathan.brodsky reviewed Blindsight by Peter Watts (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts: Blindsight (EBook, 2010, Tor Books)

It's been two months since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming …

Review of 'Blindsight' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

good post human sci fi. It gets a bit difficult to follow at points because the characters inhumanity is core to the story line, and the real analogs for the things they are don't map right.

jonathan.brodsky rated Fables: 3 stars

Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Craig Hamilton, Steve Leialoha, Sherilyn van Valkenburgh: Fables (GraphicNovel, 2020, Vertigo)

Fables by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Craig Hamilton, and 2 others (Fables, #1)

When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of …

jonathan.brodsky rated Kabuki: 3 stars

David Mack (undifferentiated): Kabuki (Paperback, 2001, Image Comics)

Kabuki by David Mack (undifferentiated) (Kabuki, #1-6)

3rd printing

jonathan.brodsky reviewed The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi: The Water Knife (2015, Alfred A. Knopf)

In a future hammered by climate change and drought, mountain snows have turned to rain, …

Review of 'The water knife : a novel' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

the plot was pretty standard pot boiler, with some scenes that I have seen before a bunch of times. But the setting was amazing, totally believable resource scarcity.