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Tavish

ntavish@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years ago

Reads sometimes.

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reviewed Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton (Commonwealth Saga, #1)

Peter F. Hamilton: Pandora's Star (Paperback, 2005, Del Rey/Ballantine Books)

Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas …

My review of "Pandora's star"

Second time I've read this, and it was still as good as I remembered. It is long, and maybe a lot fat could be cut from it, but this was the first big space opera type book I had read and I still liked it a lot.

reviewed Masters of Doom by David Kushner

David Kushner: Masters of Doom (2003, Random House)

“To my taste, the greatest American myth of cosmogenesis features the maladjusted, antisocial, genius teenage …

My review of "Masters of Doom"

The story of id software and the two Johns is already quite well known, and this book is great if you want more of that story. Really enjoyed listening to this. Side-note: if you want the nitty-gritty of Carmack's early (or later) rendering tech, you should look at youtube or articles elsewhere.

Ed Yong: An Immense World (2022, Penguin Random House)

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and …

My review of "An immense world"

Loved listening to this as an audiobook. As a science book, it was really educational about what we know about the 'umwelt' of the creatures that we share the world with. More than that, it also talks about the effect humans have had on these that most of us don't realize.

reviewed A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1)

Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon The Deep (Paperback, 1993, Tor Science Fiction)

Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where …

Review of 'A Fire Upon The Deep' on 'Goodreads'

3.5/5 stars, I went in with really high expectations maybe.

It's a enjoyable space opera with two interlinked plots happening at the same time, one about a transcendent being taking over civilizations, and one about a 'medieval' one with psychic dogs and a crashed spaceship.

I have a theory about this book; for the first plot above, the author is actually writing about flame wars on internet bulletin boards, and IRC (relays, 'netsplits'), some people having dial-up and some having 'broadband'.