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Abstract Reader

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Hermann Hesse: Magister Ludi (Paperback, 1982, Bantam) 5 stars

Hesse’s most highly acclaimed book, The Glass Bead Game is set in a fictional state …

Really nice

5 stars

Even though it took me a long time to read, I really enjoyed this one. It essentially revolves around living immersed in academia/in the ivory tower and the personal and ethical questions that come with it. This, of course, is pretty closely related to what I'm currently doing. The language is really nice as well.

Richard K. Morgan: Market forces (2005, Del Rey/Ballentine Books) 4 stars

From the award-winning author of Altered Carbon and Broken Angels--a turbocharged new thriller set in …

Absurd but fun

4 stars

The most enjoyable aspect of this book is that it takes place in a world where all aspects of corporate culture have been taken to absurd extremes. Apart from that, it is Richard Morgan's usual bleak and violent vision of the future that I have come to love.