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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Classics, Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

April 11, 2025March 24, 2025

A Discourse on the Method – René Descartes

The “Cogito Ergo Sum” book. Is it worth a read now-a-days?

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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

April 4, 2025February 6, 2025

The Player of Games – Iain M. Banks

Second Culture novel was as good as the first

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Current Events, Non-Fiction  3 Comments

March 28, 2025March 2, 2025

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari

To have read this a decade ago…

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Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

March 21, 2025January 20, 2025

The File on H – Ismail Kadare

A funny short novel of the ‘strangers come to town’ variety by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare

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Non-Fiction, Writing  0 Comments

March 14, 2025November 8, 2024

Of Solids and Surds – Samuel R. Delany

A book about writing from my favorite writer, written perhaps a little too late in his extraordinary life

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Fantasy, Fiction  1 Comment

March 7, 2025November 8, 2024

The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch

A fantasy novel set in a fantasy Venice, with what feels like a pretty good feeling for what medieval Venice was like

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History, Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

February 28, 2025November 6, 2024

The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic – Jean-Manuel Roubineau

It does feel like we know little about figures from antiquity. I am glad this book shines some light on one of them

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Novel, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

February 21, 2025January 20, 2025

Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks

Consider Phlebas is the first Culture novel. It seems pretty light on Culture.

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Biography, History, Politics  0 Comments

February 14, 2025November 5, 2024

The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X

Truly and exceptional book

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Uncategorized  0 Comments

February 7, 2025November 5, 2024

Afterparty – Daryl Gregory

As it were, sometimes the intersection of science-fiction and religion CAN be interesting

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