The Martian Time Slip – Philip K Dick
The ship of Theseus is a pretty applicable bit of philosophy. Here’s a thought: are you the same reader you were 20 years ago?
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The Stainless Steel Rat – Harry Harrison
Some books are more akin to fast food than a proper meal.
The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin
Leibniz is not once mentioned in the novel. So why do I keep thinking about him?
Xenocide – Orson Scott Card
What happens when you read the sequel to a novel you didn’t really feel needed a sequel?
For We Are Many – Dennis E Taylor
For We Are Many raises the stakes on what was set up in the first book of the series.
Train Dreams – Denis Johnson
Denis Johnson’s virtue seems to be his concision, and this is rather clear in ‘Train Dreams’.
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
On the second reading, a decade after the first, I finally got this book.
Persepolis Rising – James S. A. Corey
The Expanse books often focus on aspects of the story that I just can’t seem to care about.
All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
What is a war story? What is an anti-war story?
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Pavane – Keith Roberts
This might be the most well-written book I disliked reading.
