Novel – Page 2 – Failures in Polymathy

The Martian Time Slip – Philip K Dick

The ship of Theseus is a pretty applicable bit of philosophy. Here’s a thought: are you the same reader you were 20 years ago?

Some books are more akin to fast food than a proper meal.

Leibniz is not once mentioned in the novel. So why do I keep thinking about him?

What happens when you read the sequel to a novel you didn’t really feel needed a sequel?

What is a war story? What is an anti-war story?

This might be the most well-written book I disliked reading.

A book that is a rehash of a TV show could be disappointing, unless it is a really good TV show.

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

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

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