I'm in Canberra, Australia. My favourite genres are fantasy and sci-fi. Lately enjoying books by Brandon Sanderson, Tamsyn Muir and Becky Chambers. I like drawing, table-top role-playing games (TTRPGs), cats and trying not to injure my aging body while trying to run far. I live on Ngunawal & Ngambri land.
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6% complete! Matt has read 1 of 15 books.
Fantastic book - learned so much! And I love Robert Nystrom's "voice" - he writes/thinks like me. I was struggling to progress a game idea, and this has given me solutions, and motivation to get back into it.
Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful …
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life …
Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells’s Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems …
Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells’s Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems …
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, …
A step-by-step—yet flexible—framework to plan long-term goals, projects, and tasks when living with and embracing ADHD.
Written by Nikki Kinzer …
A step-by-step—yet flexible—framework to plan long-term goals, projects, and tasks when living with and embracing ADHD.
Written by Nikki Kinzer …
Real world examples and practical techniques for functional programming in C# without the jargon and theory.
In Functional Programming in …
Real world examples and practical techniques for functional programming in C# without the jargon and …
This book was mentioned as an inspiration for Simon Painter's "Functional Programming With C#", and after learning a great deal of what was possible, I wanted more, and so I read this book too, and I'm glad I did!
It's the better of the two I think, explains functional programming concepts very well with good examples, and then uses the same examples throughout to show how to better implement a solution as new concepts are introduced.
After decades of relative obscurity, functional programming is finally coming into its own. With concise, …
Really good introduction to functional programming concepts in C#. Been learning F# off and on for over a decade, so seeing that I can use functional programming in C# which I use daily for work, was really cool! Simon Painter's "humour" was pretty irritating to me, but the info is good. Glad I read it, but if you only read one book on FP in C#, I think "Functional Programming in C#, Second Edition" by Enrico Buonanno is a better book - a stronger foundation.
Saying that, Simon's conversational style is an easier read..., and he has some interesting ideas that are maybe easier to implement and use straight away.
The golden key glowed darkly, the inset gem flashing green fire. Inscribed runes spelled out …
A pulpy fantasy adventure, similar in feel to early Michael Moorcock maybe? But not as good. I mean, it's OK, and when I read it as a teen I thought it was really great! But 35 years later it didn't land the same. A bit problematic with female characters and their agency, but it was the 80s... But I did love how it felt like a messy D&D campaign. I liked the world building. A nice solid quest, some evil baddies, plans that get thwarted and changed on the fly. Character motivations/behaviour seemed inconsistent at times, but overall... fine?
I remember buying this book from a sale bin during the Australian Summer holidays of 1988 I think. I associate the book with the song "Run to Paradise" by The Choir Boys, which ran through my head every-time I picked it up. It was a great holiday, and this book got …
A pulpy fantasy adventure, similar in feel to early Michael Moorcock maybe? But not as good. I mean, it's OK, and when I read it as a teen I thought it was really great! But 35 years later it didn't land the same. A bit problematic with female characters and their agency, but it was the 80s... But I did love how it felt like a messy D&D campaign. I liked the world building. A nice solid quest, some evil baddies, plans that get thwarted and changed on the fly. Character motivations/behaviour seemed inconsistent at times, but overall... fine?
I remember buying this book from a sale bin during the Australian Summer holidays of 1988 I think. I associate the book with the song "Run to Paradise" by The Choir Boys, which ran through my head every-time I picked it up. It was a great holiday, and this book got wrapped up in those feelings - I think I even dreamed about the characters, I was that invested. When I finished it, I missed all them all terribly, and tried to continue the story in my head.
So it's sad that it wasn't that magical this time around.
The city of dreaming spires.
It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.
And at its …
Dark forces gather in the Malazan Empire as Empress Laseen, malevolent ruler, turns her attention to Darujhistan, last of the …
