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

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November 9, 2018August 24, 2018

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…

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

October 26, 2018August 27, 2018

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.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  1 Comment

September 28, 2018July 17, 2018

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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Conspiracy, Fiction, Semiology, Semiotics, Whodunit  0 Comments

August 17, 2018June 23, 2018

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.

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Classics, Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

March 23, 2018February 10, 2018

Stand on Zanzibar – John Brunner

It’s a strange, ‘happening’ future. Contemporary, and sixty years too late

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March 9, 2018January 20, 2018

Jennifer Government – Max Barry

Corporations have slowly been taking over the world, and they are no free to run amok…

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February 23, 2018February 10, 2018

Altered Carbon – Richard K Morgan

I’m more philosophical than your novel….
But I’m three weeks late of being topical. Curses…

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