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lukeg rated A Canticle for Leibowitz: 3 stars
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (St. Leibowitz, #1)
In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". The monks preserve for centuries …
lukeg rated A Fire Upon The Deep: 3 stars
A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1)
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined …
lukeg rated Rendezvous with Rama: 4 stars
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Rama, #1)
Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the solar system provoking a hurried …
The Book by Alan Watts
At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated …
lukeg rated Fellowship of the Ring: 4 stars
Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
The first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tolkien’s classic epic of Good versus Evil, set in the …
lukeg rated The Stars My Destination: 5 stars
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
A science fiction retelling of the Count of Monte Cristo.
lukeg rated A Clockwork Orange: 5 stars
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A newly revised text for A Clockwork Orange’s 50th anniversary brings the work closest to its author’s intentions.
A Clockwork …
lukeg rated Ender's Game: 4 stars
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, #1)
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more …
lukeg rated Frankenstein: 3 stars
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks …
lukeg rated The Ministry of Truth: 4 stars
The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey
The author has written a study that places George Orwell's 1984 in a variety of contexts: the author's life and …
lukeg rated Flowers for Algernon: 5 stars
lukeg rated Don't Panic: 4 stars
Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, and 1 other
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams
Don't Panic celebrates the life of …
lukeg rated Above the Hush: 4 stars
Above the Hush by Jacqueline Druga
In a desperate bid to repair the relationship with her son, Audrey Fields plans a getaway for the two of …