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The novel's plot revolves around the consequences of the Earth's sun being blocked out by an "intelligent" black cloud.
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.
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.
From investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes an account of the …
Engaging, terrifying, fascinating.
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens.
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Station Eleven is a novel by the Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel. It takes place in the Great Lakes …
Aurora is a 2015 novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel concerns a generation ship built …
Dense, but essential if you work in the technology industry or anywhere stock options or RSUs are a component of your compensation.
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
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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.
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish …
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.
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that …
The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus (Ancient Greek: Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou) is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice …
