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Current Events, Non-Fiction  3 Comments

March 28, 2025March 2, 2025

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari

To have read this a decade ago…

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Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

March 21, 2025January 20, 2025

The File on H – Ismail Kadare

A funny short novel of the ‘strangers come to town’ variety by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare

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Non-Fiction, Writing  0 Comments

March 14, 2025November 8, 2024

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

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Fantasy, Fiction  1 Comment

March 7, 2025November 8, 2024

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

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Novel, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

February 21, 2025January 20, 2025

Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks

Consider Phlebas is the first Culture novel. It seems pretty light on Culture.

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Biography, History, Politics  0 Comments

February 14, 2025November 5, 2024

The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X

Truly and exceptional book

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Uncategorized  0 Comments

February 7, 2025November 5, 2024

Afterparty – Daryl Gregory

As it were, sometimes the intersection of science-fiction and religion CAN be interesting

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Computer Science, Non-Fiction, Science, Technology  0 Comments

January 31, 2025November 5, 2024

The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil

Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.

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Fiction, Religion, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

January 24, 2025November 5, 2024

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

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Non-Fiction  0 Comments

January 17, 2025November 5, 2024

Chrono Trigger – Michael P. Williams

Writing about another art form is never easy

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