signalnine rated Superintelligence: 4 stars
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that …
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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 …
signalnine rated The Cosmic Puppets: 4 stars
signalnine rated PiHKAL: 4 stars
signalnine rated The power and the glory: 4 stars
The power and the glory by Graham Greene (Penguin classics)
One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during …
signalnine rated The future of man.: 4 stars
signalnine rated Boomerang: 3 stars
Boomerang by Michael Lewis (Norton paperback)
signalnine rated Two trains running: 3 stars
Two trains running by Charles Stross, Lucius Shepard
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he …
signalnine rated Out of the black: 3 stars
signalnine rated The Tin Drum: 4 stars
signalnine rated Charcuterie: 4 stars
signalnine rated John Dies at the End: 3 stars
John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)
John Dies at the End is a comic horror novel written by David Wong that was first published online as …