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

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Fantasy, Fiction, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

November 23, 2018November 21, 2018

Monday Starts on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

A mysterious soviet research institute is best described as… kind of zany.

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November 9, 2018August 24, 2018

The Gap of Time – Jeanette Winterson

It was only a matter of time before a retelling turned into a ‘remix’. And of course it happened to Shakespeare…

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Current Events, Humanism, Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

November 2, 2018August 11, 2018

Enlightenment Now – Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker wants to prove that things are not so bad right now., and will even get better if we focus on the correct things.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

October 26, 2018August 27, 2018

James S. A. Corey – Abaddon’s Gate

The third book in the expanse series keeps increasing the size of the world it takes place in.

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Anthropology, Death, Non-Fiction, Travel  0 Comments

October 19, 2018July 13, 2018

From Here to Eternity – Caitlin Doughty

How do you feel about the dead? Would you like to have them a little more around? That actually is an option of sorts…

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Non-Fiction, Science, Technology  4 Comments

October 5, 2018July 2, 2018

Data and Goliath – Bruce Schneier

People keep telling us that we are being spied on, but what does that really mean, anyway?

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  1 Comment

September 28, 2018July 17, 2018

Lucifer’s Hammer – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Lucifer’s Hammer shows us the fragility of human civilization – and it still fells like we would not be ready for it.

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Current Events, Non-Fiction, Politics  0 Comments

September 21, 2018October 16, 2018

Insane Clown President – Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi followed the last election. It was like watching the world’s slowest possible train wreck.

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Fiction  0 Comments

September 14, 2018October 16, 2018

Overqualified – Joey Comeau

Overqualified is a gimmick dressed as a novel.

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Art History, Essays, Non-Fiction, Politics, Uncategorized  0 Comments

September 7, 2018June 29, 2018

Ways of Seeing – John Berger

This slim Art History book has little history in it. It has lots of politics, and some pretty strong opinions about where art and politics intersect…

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