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33% complete! stefun has read 4 of 12 books.
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
Kathy, a clone about to donate all her organs and die, reflects on her past about her school and the …
Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind …
Few books have had such an impact on me like this one. It was an incredible, touching story. It was also a roller coaster of emotions - not only for Charlie (the main protagonist), but for the reader alike. While the ending was predictable, it was still heart-wrenching.
Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew …
Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew …
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation …
I was excited to read 2024's winner of the Booker Price - the 2023 winner (Prophet Song) was one of my favorite books of last year.
Orbital reads like an epic opera, I wished it were similar to A Space Odyssey, but it didn't live up to it. Beautifully written, but no plot was to be found. Some may like this, I am not one of them.
A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on …
Unfortunately, a waste of time. Some of his takes seem to be from someone who has literally been once to the US and spits out random thoughts that suit their predetermined world view. Racist garbage too.
Most thought provoking: He makes the argument that Americans are in charge of their lives at all times and have the power to modify them. There is an arc in this book that talks about humanity losing the power of their own deaths - we are architects of our lives and hence have lost the ability to influence our death (the focus is life and not death).
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
In an engaging personal journey, Zinsser takes the reader into many surprising corners of knowledge and demonstrates that every field …
A story of a group of people who rely on their own courage and ingenuity to survive in a town …
