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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Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History …
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
But they are most assuredly dead.
Nebula …
A structural engineer examines the seven most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped …
Fun science history (reaching back to ancient Roman times) and just a good "how does X work" book. Pairs well with "To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design"
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, …
Pairs well with the tail-end (covering the 60s-70s counter-culture) of "A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present." On the more philosophical-end of SFF I typically read, but glad I read it!
The C++11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly, simply, and directly, and to write faster, more efficient code. …
A troubled man leads a writer and a scientist into "The Zone", a mysterious area where the laws of physics …
The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years, to …
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
When his mother became President, Alex …
A thought-provoking, gorgeously illustrated gift book that will spark your creativity and help you rediscover your passion with “simple, low-stakes …
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female during each mating cycle, and …
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World is a book by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tenzin …
A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twenty-first-century world
"Excellent . . . calls to …
Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. …
2nd read; this time via audiobook
Howl's Moving Castle is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books …
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad …