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sz rated The hero with a thousand faces: 3 stars
The hero with a thousand faces by Joseph Campbell (Bollingen series -- 17)
Originally written by Campbell in the '40s-- in his pre-Bill Moyers days -- and famous as George Lucas' inspiration for …
sz rated Neuromancer: 3 stars
Neuromancer by William Gibson, William F. Gibson
The first of William Gibson's 'Sprawl' trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel.
More information on the [novel's official page][1]. …
sz rated Literature Guide: Anne Frank: 4 stars
sz rated The Forever War: 5 stars
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Forever War (1974) is a military science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story about …
sz rated Don't Panic: 4 stars
Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, and 1 other
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams
Don't Panic celebrates the life of …
sz rated Mythago Wood: 4 stars
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Deep within the wildwood lies a place of myth and mystery, from which few return, and of those few, none …
sz rated Blood Brothers: 4 stars
sz rated In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne: 4 stars
sz rated Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain: 4 stars
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind …
sz rated Welcome to the N.H.K.: 4 stars
Welcome to the N.H.K. by Tatsuhiko Takimoto (Pop fiction -- v. 1)
Twenty-two-year-old Satou, an unemployed, reclusive conspiracy theorist living in Tokyo, meets a mysterious girl who tries to cure him of …
sz rated Roadside Picnic: 4 stars
Roadside Picnic by Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий, Борис Натанович Стругацкий
A troubled man leads a writer and a scientist into "The Zone", a mysterious area where the laws of physics …
sz rated Most wanted particle: 4 stars
Most wanted particle by Jon Butterworth
A leading member of the team at the Large Hadron Collider discusses his career in physics and his team's hunt …
sz rated You are not a gadget: 4 stars
sz rated An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: 4 stars
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
Hadfield takes readers into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. He …