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Fiction, Future, Non-Fiction, Reviews that are really about something else, Science, Science-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

April 19, 2019April 16, 2019

Age of the Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil

How we come to categorize books like this is sometimes more interesting than the books themselves.

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Fiction, Longer Views, Reviews that are really about something else, Schlock, Thrillers  3 Comments

April 12, 2019November 30, 2018

Conclave – Robert Harris

A so called twist ending is never a very good reason to consume anything.

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Erotica, Fiction, Gay, MetaFiction  1 Comment

April 1, 2019September 22, 2018

Reamed By My Reaction To The Title Of This Book – Chuck Tingle

Chuck Tingle’s “Reamed By My Reaction To The Title Of This Book” might be the most life changing book you ever read…

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Fiction, Horror, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

March 29, 2019December 5, 2018

I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream – Harlan Ellison

Even if one doesn’t particularly like short stories, one cannot help but admit that Harlan was a master of the craft.

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Cyberpunk, Fiction, Noir, Schlock, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019

Woken Furies – Richard K. Morgan

Richard K Morgan writes science-fiction so bad that it makes me dislike myself for liking science-fiction.

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Bildungsroman, Fiction, Military Fiction, Science-Fiction  4 Comments

March 1, 2019November 30, 2018

Starship Troopers – Robert A. Heinlein

The controversy around Robert A. Heinlein’s ‘Starship Troopers’ is about as interesting as the book itself.

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Biography, Fiction, History, Magical Realism, Math  0 Comments

February 15, 2019November 21, 2018

Mandelbrot the Magnificent – Liz Ziemska

A book about Benoit Mandelbrot? Cool! And it’s magical realism? Even cooler!
It’s execution? Not so cool…

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Fiction, Science, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

February 1, 2019November 14, 2018

Contact – Carl Sagan

This is one of the most rich and complex book I have read in some time.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  2 Comments

January 18, 2019November 11, 2018

The Final Programme – Michael Moorcock

Have you ever been so utterly confused by a book that you later became convinced that you didn’t really read it?

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Cyberpunk, Fiction, Young Adult  0 Comments

January 4, 2019November 4, 2018

Little Brother – Cory Doctorow

Little Brother deals with some pretty serious topics, but distills them down to a point where even kids will find it all to be a bit silly.

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