xorn rated The Three-Body Problem: 5 stars
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Triology, #1)
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
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xorn rated To Be Taught, If Fortunate: 5 stars
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as …
xorn rated Record of a Spaceborn Few: 5 stars
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
xorn rated Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors: 4 stars
xorn rated The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: 5 stars
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. is a science fantasy novel by American writers Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland. It …
How To by Randall Munroe
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the …
xorn rated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended …
xorn rated Snow Crash: 5 stars
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …
xorn rated Blood Music: 4 stars
xorn rated Life, the Universe, and Everything: 5 stars
Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982, ISBN 0-345-39182-9) is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy …
xorn rated Rainbows End: 5 stars
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
From the back cover:
World famous poet Robert Gu missed twenty years of progress while he nearly died from Alzheimer's. …
xorn rated Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers: 4 stars
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
For two thousand years, cadavers—some willingly, some unwittingly—have been involved in science’s boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They’ve tested France’s …
xorn rated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: 4 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
xorn rated Slaughterhouse-Five: 5 stars
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is …
xorn rated The Uplift War: 5 stars
The Uplift War by David Brin (The Uplift Saga, #3)
Earth has been allowed to colonize the Planet Garth only because its previous occupants went berserk and wiped out virtually …