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

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Current Events, Future, Non-Fiction, Politics, Technology  0 Comments

August 9, 2019February 26, 2019

Abundance: The Future is Better than you Think – Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kolter

The authors of this book think that everything is going to be fine, and that the future is going to be great. But to what extent are the correct?

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  5 Comments

August 2, 2019March 31, 2019

Green Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson’s Green Mars didn’t have the same pull as the previous title.

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Atheism, Culture, Humanism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Religion  0 Comments

July 26, 2019January 29, 2019

What is Secular Humanism? – Paul Kurtz

I’ve noticed a problem; anyone can join a movement. People nowadays seem to be big on labels, and the problem

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Fiction, Horror, Science-Fiction, Zombie  0 Comments

July 19, 2019March 27, 2019

Feed – Mira Grant

Many science-fiction novels forget that the internet exists. Feed, thankfully, doesn’t.

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Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

July 12, 2019January 22, 2019

Did the Greeks believe in their Myths? – Paul Veyne

Paul Veyne’s “Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths” is all the reasons why you don’t send a philosopher to do a historian’s job.

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Alternate History, Fiction, Western  0 Comments

July 5, 2019March 22, 2019

American Hippo – Sarah Gailey

American Hippo imagines what could have been one of the biggest mistakes in American History.

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Essays, Neurology, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

June 28, 2019January 22, 2019

An Anthropologist on Mars – Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks’ “An Anthropologist on Mars” handles a terrifying subject matter in a way that is nothing but fascinating.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Surrealism  12 Comments

June 21, 2019February 23, 2019

Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer

I didn’t think the movie Annihilation was worth anyone’s time. I am not sure the book is either.

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  5 Comments

June 14, 2019December 30, 2018

Essentialism – Greg McKeown

Feeling crushed by modern life? Here is a solution for you. Do more by doing less.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

June 7, 2019February 4, 2019

Kiln people – David Brin

David Brin’s “Kiln People” is a novel I can only talk about by also talking about Richard K Morgan.

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