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Told through one of the most on-pulse genre voices of our generation--New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow--Radicalized is a …
@maxi@wyrms.de I just finished another book by her (To Be Taught, If Fortunate), and was disappointed. But I love Monk & Robot. So looking forward to seeing how this one turns out for you.
In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy …
A short read about space exploration in search of other life forms. Some interesting thoughts about ethical science, and some imaginative world building. But overall it's a bit thin and ends in an unsatisfying way that feels a little forced.
In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves.
At the turn …
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover …
actually started a couple months ago. Halfway through.
Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the US face the monumental task of righting the …
Unfinished. Not because of any issue with the book but because for me, as someone who has read a dozen or so urbanist books, it's a little bit of a retread, and I just found myself gravitating elsewhere.
Unless you are a banker, by now you must have realized that politicians don’t serve your interests. Our democracies are …
In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves.
At the turn …
@jonn I listened as an audiobook as part of my work bookclub. I rarely read fiction, maybe one or two a year. Mostly I don't like too much escapism.
But this one just tickled me just right. It was a great feminist interpretation of Milan, with just the right amount of interpersonal drama and historical nerdy accuracy. I also really liked Disney's Mulan as a child, and I think this version felt like the "grown up" equivalent.
It's not deep or particularly symbolic or anything, it was just the right amount of fun at the right time.
I can't speak to the rest of her bibliography, but this felt well researched and like the author wanted to "respect" the traditional source material. In the afterword she says that her publisher suggested (commissioned? Idk how these things work) this one for her. That might explain the difference from her usual style.
Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the US face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while …
Putnam draws on evidence including nearly 500,000 interviews over the last quarter century to show that we sign fewer petitions, …
