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69% complete! matthewmincher has read 36 of 52 books.
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such …
Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits …
City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the …
Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits …
In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a …
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires …
Wasn't expecting to dislike this :(
In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to …
October, 1650, traumatised Parliamentarian spy James Archer returns north seeking his sister Meg, missing in the aftermath of Newcastle’s recent …
Enjoyed this. Doesn't go very far into Gates' life but it gave him more space to focus on his childhood and early days.
His obsession and drive coupled with serendipity and like minded friends combined to form one of the most recognisable companies of recent times.
Lots of people will say it's all luck. Gates probably wouldn't disagree. But if his story here is true, he would likely have succeeded at whatever he'd done.
An interesting read, but possibly not much to take away or talk about.
Murder and conspiracy go up in smoke ...
"The champion deceiver of our time". -- …
I've not read any of the Superintendent Battle books before.
This was OK - feels like the first part of the book had very little going on. Definitely some dated views/dialogue in the story. The characters were interesting, but the story felt overly complex.
I'm going to go on to The Seven Dials Mystery soon and see how that goes.
A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The …
Written before some of the stories by Tchaikovsky with a similar premise, this was a short and fun read.
I don't think the writing of different species was anywhere near as mature or compelling as Tchaikovsky's stories, however the overarching plot - population control, nuclear war, and the environment was closer to home.
I liked that both species had flaws and specialities, but I wish a bit more time had been spent exploring their civilisations.
A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities.
A …
Murder and conspiracy go up in smoke ...
"The champion deceiver of our time". -- New York Times.
Anthony Cade …
