Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari
To have read this a decade ago…
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The File on H – Ismail Kadare
A funny short novel of the ‘strangers come to town’ variety by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare
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
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
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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Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks
Consider Phlebas is the first Culture novel. It seems pretty light on Culture.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X
Truly and exceptional book
Afterparty – Daryl Gregory
As it were, sometimes the intersection of science-fiction and religion CAN be interesting
The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil
Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.
The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell
There seems to be a lot of weird overlap between science-fiction and religion. I don’t think it always ends well though
Failures in Polymathy 