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Business has been slow. Okay, business has been dead. And not even of the undead …
A wizard detective takes on werewolves in Chicago. Mystery, suspense, action in an old-school-gumshoe style. Similar strengths and weakness to the first entry in the Dresden Files. Fun and surprising enough to get me to pick up the third, but I have a feeling that might be it for me.
The novels of the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and non-stop …
Engaging and suspenseful first entry in the tales of the wizard-detective Harry Dresden. A page-turner in the style of old-time detective stories. Relies on an adolescent masculinity that is a bit off-putting, but I hear the series improves, and will give the next book a shot.
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction is a book by Philip E. Tetlock and …
Superforecasting tells the story of psychologist Philip Tetlock’s project to systematically evaluate the predictions of experts. What exactly does an advisor mean when they tell the President that a military operation has a “good chance” of being successful? It wasn’t so long ago that no one thought to even ask such a question, and as Tetlock shows, the consequences couldn’t be more real. Tetlock’s work led to the development of the Good Judgement project, a forecasting competition designed to identify the characteristics of “superforecasters”, individuals with a quantifiable talent for predicting how world events will unfold. It’s a great book, and one I was partly inspired to read because of my involvement in a student forecasting tournament based on the Good Judgement project (where our students took first and second place overall!)
The stories behind the making of the movie Jaws as told by screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, who was there throughout the notoriously troubled (and ground-breaking) production. Lots of first-hand anecdotes and insider insight into the making of one of the great movies of all time.
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there …
New kind of action/adventure from John Scalzi with his familiar rhythms and societal snark.
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the …
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking …
"There's a hell, the old man said, for people who are mean to chickens. If you get sent there, a giant chicken comes and spits fire on you, and pecks you, and tramples you with its claws. And that goes on forever."
A short collection of very short stories that are at once mundane and fantastic. Fun and unexpected.
Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots …
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
Our universe has multiple origin stories, from religious creation myths to the Big Bang of …
A unique and accessible book about math by mathematician and novelist Manil Suri! I had the pleasure of interviewing him at the Jaipur Literature Festival New York: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0zt9hBAolA
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction is a book by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner released in 2015. …
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction is a book by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner released in 2015. …
"Humanity's complex relationship with technology spirals out of control in this first book of an all-new trilogy from "the owner …
