Nic Dafis rated Manhattan Beach: 5 stars
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
"Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the …
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Nic Dafis rated A year with the ladies of Llangollen: 4 stars
Island by Aldous Huxley
In Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has …
Platform by Michel Houellebecq
"Michel Renault is a human void. Following the death of the father he barely knew, he endures his civil service …
Nic Dafis rated Society of the Spectacle: 4 stars
Nic Dafis rated Earth Wire and Other Stories: 5 stars
Nic Dafis rated Heaven's Command: 5 stars
Nic Dafis rated Second foundation: 3 stars
Second foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #3)
After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins -- destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But …
Nic Dafis rated Foundation and Empire: 4 stars
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #2)
Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the …
Nic Dafis rated Foundation: 3 stars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #1)
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
Nic Dafis rated Capitalist Realism: 5 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 …
Nic Dafis rated Neuromancer: 4 stars
Neuromancer by William Gibson, William F. Gibson (duplicate)
The first of William Gibson's 'Sprawl' trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel.
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Nic Dafis rated Children of Ruin: 5 stars
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #2)
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
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Nic Dafis rated How to Be an Antiracist: 5 stars
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points …