Ricardo π rated The Design of Everyday Things: 5 stars
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we try to figure out the shower control in a hotel β¦
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Ricardo π rated SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome: 4 stars
Ricardo π rated Social: 4 stars
Ricardo π rated The Colonel: 4 stars
The Colonel by Peter Watts (Firefall, #3)
Colonel Keaton is in trouble. His wife has retreated into a virtual heaven and his son remains missing after joining β¦
Ricardo π rated Ancillary Mercy: 5 stars
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.
Then a search β¦
Ricardo π rated The Other Side of History: 4 stars
Ricardo π rated Excession: 4 stars
Excession by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #5)
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun β¦
Ricardo π rated Badass: Making Users Awesome: 4 stars
Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra
Imagine youβre in a game with one objective: a bestselling product or service. The rules? No marketing budget, no PR β¦
Ricardo π rated Use of Weapons: 4 stars
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #3)
Use of Weapons is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1990. It is β¦
Ricardo π rated Nos4r2: 2 stars
Ricardo π rated Superintelligence: 4 stars
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that β¦
Ricardo π rated The Player of Games: 4 stars
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks (Culture, part 2)
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest β¦
Ricardo π rated What If?: 4 stars
What If? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, β¦
Ricardo π rated Ancillary Sword: 4 stars
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #2)
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, β¦
Ricardo π rated Ancillary Justice: 4 stars
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is β¦