I'm being this harsh with 2 stars only because it's by Greg Egan. Maybe the earlier works set the standard way too high but there's nothing fascinating in this collection. Solid stories with a familiar style of the author but it can be skipped without regret.
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Mmm reviewed Instantiation by Greg Egan
“Instantiation” is a collection of eleven science fiction stories by Hugo Award winning author Greg …
Review of 'Instantiation' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Mmm reviewed A hermit's cookbook by Andrew Jotischky
Review of "A hermit's cookbook" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Some recipes here and there but they are more interesting for the additional details on methods of preparation, other than that mainly a repetitive history of christian hermitages (interesting at that though, but kind of not what I was expecting).
Mmm rated The Conference of the Birds: 3 stars
The Conference of the Birds by Attar of Nishapur
The Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds (Persian: منطق الطیر, Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr, also known as مقامات الطیور Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr; …
Mmm rated 21 Lessons for the 21st Century: 1 star
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative …
Mmm rated The book of lies: 3 stars
Mmm rated Gravity's Rainbow: 2 stars
Mmm rated Darwin's Dangerous Idea: 3 stars
Mmm rated A Future for Presentism: 4 stars
Nothing by Janne Teller, Janne Teller
When thirteen-year-old Pierre Anthon leaves school to sit in a plum tree and train for becoming part of nothing, his …
Mmm rated Psychic warfare: 1 star
Mmm rated Karma and Reincarnation: 2 stars
Mmm rated Tao Te Ching: 3 stars
Tao Te Ching by Laozi, Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, and 2 others
For nearly two generations, Gia-fu Feng and Jane English's bestselling translation of the Tao Te Ching has been the standard …
Mmm rated Capitalist Realism: 3 stars
Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? explores Fisher's concept of "capitalist realism," which he takes to describe "the widespread sense …