Speculative Fiction—aka Scifi & Fantasy—fan.
For regular social stuff, I'm on @jzacsh@qoto.org and originally tracked my books at goodreads.com/jzacsh (still maintaining that profile).
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Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America …
When, in 1922, thirty-year-old Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, he is sentenced to …
Humans expanded into space…only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the …
B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order …
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and …
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space …
Great pairing with To Engineer Is Human, but less pointed and more fluffy/repetitive. Still a good read!
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert …
In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong …
Lots of fun, highly recommend!
In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, …
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space …
Excited to read; this should pair well with one of my favorite books: "To Engineer Is Human" that explains why we can still build structural things that fail, despite the progress of time and experience.
Excited to read; this should pair well with one of my favorite books: "To Engineer Is Human" that explains why we can still build structural things that fail, despite the progress of time and experience.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's …
2012 read, 3 stars: just confusing and only mildly amused by it.
2025 read, 5 stars: still confusing but less so and much funnier than I remember.
The Tombs of Atuan is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le …
2nd read: beautiful ending
"With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown's genre-defying epic Red Rising …
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two …
2018 read: 5 stars because it was so interesting, but was a 1-star slog to get through.
2025 re-read: 5 stars on all fronts; guessing I was just not in the mood for this pacing the last time around. Loved so much about this book. Would re-read again now and excited to continue to the next books.
The Other End of the Leash shares a revolutionary, new perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior …