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n-gons

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Swede in Austria. Proud father. Particle Physicist turned Data Scientist. I make geometric art.

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reviewed The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter (The Long Earth series book 1)

Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett: The Long Earth (Paperback, 2013, Corgi Books)

Terry Pratchett, other than lending his name to this book, wasn't a part of it. …

Masterful worldbuilding

I think this series has the best travel through the multiverse world I've ever read, it somehow is exotic and plausible at the same time. I really enjoyed this, and you should just read the whole series - there is good stuff here.

Terry Pratchett: The Colour of Magic (Paperback, 1990, Corgi)

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have …

Discworld1

No rating

It is not my favourite discworld book, but it is worth a read and if you want to read all of discworld you gotta read this one. It is funny, there are great characters, fantastic world building, and sets the foundation for pretty much the most fabulous fantasy series ever made...

Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon (Paperback, 2000, Harper Perennial)

E-book extras: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); …

It is long

A bunch of good stuff, but also quite a lot of it. It got me very interested in a cryptography, which I really enjoyed, so that's nice.

reviewed Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #1)

Isaac Asimov: Foundation (Paperback, 2004, Bantam Books)

One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are …

Must read scifi classic

There are so many classic ideas introduced here, it's essential reading if you are interested in scifi.

reviewed The three-body problem by Cixin Liu (Remenberance of Earth's past, #1)

Cixin Liu, Marc Simonetti, Gwennaël Gaffric, Vincent Schmitt: The three-body problem (Hardcover, 2014, TOR)

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into …

Thought provoking and different

Sometimes just a little slow and weird, but it's a good read