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A sporadic reader, with interests in sci-fi and fantasy. I also read a lot of technical books. Mostly related to math and programming, but plenty of other topics, too.
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sellout rated Spellbreaker: 4 stars
Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg (Spellbreaker, #1)
A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in the newest fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling …
sellout rated The City & the City: 4 stars
The City & the City by China Miéville
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
sellout rated Giant Days: 4 stars
sellout rated Lumberjanes Vol. 5: 4 stars
Lumberjanes Vol. 5 by ND Stevenson (Lumberjanes, #5)
What gives, two-legs?!
It's a battle of the bands... with mermaids! April takes it upon herself to restore a friendship …
sellout rated An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: 5 stars
sellout rated Category Theory for Programmers: 4 stars
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves by James Nestor
Covering a diving championship in Greece on a hot and sticky assignment for Outside magazine, James Nestor discovered free diving. …
sellout rated Hundredth Queen: 3 stars
Emily R. King: Hundredth Queen (2017, Amazon Publishing)
Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
"As an orphan ward of the Sisterhood in the ancient Tarachand Empire, eighteen-year-old Kalinda is destined for nothing more than …
sellout rated Binti: the Night Masquerade: 5 stars
Nnedi Okorafor: Binti (2018, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)
Binti: the Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, #1)
Maîtresse harmonisatrice du peuple Himba, Binti est vouée à reprendre la boutique d’astrolabes de son père… Mais l’incroyable don pour …
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)
The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination …
sellout rated Parable of the Talents: 4 stars
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …
sellout rated The Handmaid's Tale: 4 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a …
