The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin
Leibniz is not once mentioned in the novel. So why do I keep thinking about him?
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Xenocide – Orson Scott Card
What happens when you read the sequel to a novel you didn’t really feel needed a sequel?
All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
What is a war story? What is an anti-war story?
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Pavane – Keith Roberts
This might be the most well-written book I disliked reading.
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Safe Drivers – Grant Naylor
A book that is a rehash of a TV show could be disappointing, unless it is a really good TV show.
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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.
Lucifer’s Hammer – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Lucifer’s Hammer shows us the fragility of human civilization – and it still fells like we would not be ready for it.
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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.
Stand on Zanzibar – John Brunner
It’s a strange, ‘happening’ future. Contemporary, and sixty years too late
Failures in Polymathy 