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

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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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Children's, Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

May 24, 2019January 22, 2019

A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle

What’s wrong with me that I keep trying to enjoy other people’s nostalgia…?

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne

People seem to think that reading older text is somehow rewarding. I am not sure that is the case.

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Current Events, Non-Fiction, Politics  0 Comments

May 3, 2019December 9, 2018

I Can’t Breathe – Matt Taibbi

Eric Garner’s death was one of the most startling events of 2014

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

April 26, 2019March 17, 2019

Cibola Burn – James S. A. Corey

James S. A. Corey’s fourth book was almost decent. Emphasis on the ‘almost’.

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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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Atheism, Christianity, Counter Apologetics, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion  0 Comments

April 5, 2019December 3, 2018

Godless – Dan Barker

This book is part memoir, part counter apologetics, and a pretty good tool to understand why atheists don’t believe.

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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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Conservative, Culture, Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

March 22, 2019March 17, 2019

Culture Counts – Roger Scruton

Do you remember the good old days? Roger Scruton does, and his memory of the good old days will save western civilization.

Not really…

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