Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
In a future where governments are disappearing and corporations have taken over, a virus is being used to take over the world…
Fiction
Monday Starts on Saturday Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
A mysterious soviet research institute is best described as… kind of zany.
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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…
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.
Freedom™ – Daniel Suarez
Daniel Suarez continues his excellent narrative of a runaway program and the people it affects.
Overqualified – Joey Comeau
Overqualified is a gimmick dressed as a novel.
Broken Angels – Richard K Morgan
Richard Morgan abandoned his interesting premise and kept everything I dislike about his second book.
The Seventh function of Language – Laurent Binet
Were you ever reading a Dan Brown novel and thought to yourself “If only this weren’t so terribly stupid. If only this were pretentious”. I have just the book for you.
Gateway – Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl’s Gateway is novel that seems more and more unique these days. Odd, that things should get more unique with age…
Neuromancer – William Gibson
One of the most absolutely influential novels of all time, William GIbson’s Neuromancer did much to create the ambiance of the modern technological world.
Failures in Polymathy 