Like Lewis Carrol writing a P. K. Dick novel on acid. The plot's a little thin, but it's quite short so that's forgivable. Must have been absurdly difficult to translate from the original Polish.
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Review of 'Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Like Lewis Carrol writing a P. K. Dick novel on acid. The plot's a little thin, but it's quite short so that's forgivable. Must have been absurdly difficult to translate from the original Polish.
signalnine reviewed Command and control by Eric Schlosser (Thorndike Press large print nonfiction)
From investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes an account of the …
Review of 'Command and control' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Engaging, terrifying, fascinating.
signalnine rated Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind: 5 stars
Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens.
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signalnine rated Station Eleven: 4 stars
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven is a novel by the Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel. It takes place in the Great Lakes …
signalnine rated Aurora: 4 stars
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Aurora is a 2015 novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel concerns a generation ship built …
signalnine reviewed Consider Your Options by Kaye A. Thomas
Review of 'Consider Your Options' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Dense, but essential if you work in the technology industry or anywhere stock options or RSUs are a component of your compensation.
signalnine reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
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Review of 'The Martian' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I would have found it more believable if at any point the protagonist was at all terrified about being stranded and pretty much guaranteed to die alone on a desolate alien hellscape instead of jovially overcoming incredible odds while cracking goofy jokes.
signalnine rated The Water Knife: 3 stars
signalnine reviewed Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish …
Review of 'Seveneves' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Great world-building, great pacing in the first two acts but it stalls in the third act. He does manage to tie off most of the loose ends by the end but the ending still feels a little abrupt.
signalnine rated The Bridge: 4 stars
The Bridge by Iain M. Banks
Orr, the otherwise unnamed protagonist of this Pynchonesque novel, is a successful Scottish engineer who's a bit fed up with …
signalnine rated Werner Herzog - Of Walking in Ice: 5 stars
signalnine rated The Blade Itself: 3 stars
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law Book One)
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge …
signalnine rated Enchiridion: 5 stars
Enchiridion by Arrian, Epictetus
The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus (Ancient Greek: Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou) is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice …
