Two More Short Story Collections
Two more collections of short stories, reviewed by a person who doesn’t really like short stories.
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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age – Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman
Claude Shannon is one of the grreat unsung intellectual heroes of the last century.
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Goodnight Punpun – Inio Asano, translated by Hox
A very strange, very adult manga
The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens- and Ourselves – Arik Kershenbaum
We are all fascinated by aliens, but what can we reasonably expect them to be like?
Sacrament, vol 1 – Peter Milligan and Marcelo Frusin
Sometimes you have a lot of hope for things, and your hope is wasted
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Aristotle’s Children – Richard E. Rubenstein
There is a belief that Greek philosophy informs the modern world, but for a period of history Greek philosophy was largely gone from Europe.
The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
Don’t be fooled by the silly cover.
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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Failures in Polymathy 