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

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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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Fiction, Novel  3 Comments

January 10, 2025November 5, 2024

The Humans – Matt Haig

A book whose story may be a metaphor for… something

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Biography, Comedy, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

January 3, 2025November 5, 2024

All About Me! – Mel Brooks

I am not sure why I picked this up. It was perhaps a combination of wanting something funny, wanting to

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Current Events, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sociology  0 Comments

November 4, 2024

The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism – Thomas Frank

It is once again time for another round of the political blame game. Let’s blame the people once again.

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Anti-War, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction, War  0 Comments

June 14, 2024May 23, 2024

The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien

There is an anecdote about the acclaimed film director Stanley Kubrick that goes as follows: when Kubrick told a friend

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Cognitive Science, Economics, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

May 31, 2024May 23, 2024

The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I have always had deep seated confidence issues. Most people think it is a bad thing, but on most days

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