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Biography, History, Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

January 5, 2024May 14, 2023

The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought – Dennis C. Rasmussen

Hume and Smith were bros. Now you know.

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Alternate History, Fiction, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

December 29, 2023November 20, 2023

American War – Omar El Akkad

An exercise in cliches

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Journalism, Non-Fiction  1 Comment

December 22, 2023May 11, 2023

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster – Jon Krakauer

I don’t think I cared much for mountaineering before reading this.

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Comics, Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

December 15, 2023December 18, 2023

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire – Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence

Some pulpy graphics novels. Maybe they should have held the pulp

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Comedy, Non-Fiction, Satire  0 Comments

December 8, 2023June 18, 2023

Pianeta Terra – Astutillo Smeriglia

Smeriglia’s satire is good, but it works better with his cartoons.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

November 17, 2023May 11, 2023

Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir

The Martian 2: but more sci-fi this time

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Atheism, Ethics, Morality, Non-Fiction, Philosophy  1 Comment

November 10, 2023May 11, 2023

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values – Sam Harris

I wanted to like this. But then again, who doesn’t want to solve the is/ought problem?

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

November 3, 2023May 11, 2023

Children of the New World – Alexander Weinstein

Oh look, a short story collection I really liked.

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Biography, Memoir, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

October 27, 2023May 11, 2023

I’m Glad my Mom Died – Jennette McCurdy

People seem to think that fame and celebrity are ‘cheat codes’ to life. Those people lack imagination.

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Comics, Fiction  1 Comment

October 13, 2023May 11, 2023

La profezia dell’armadillo – Zerocalcare

I liked the last Zerocalcare book I read. I decided to go for another one. The nice person at the

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