It might be because I hadn't read anything like it before, but this book was full of fresh ideas and constantly kept me guessing.
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The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville, Keanu Reeves
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, …
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The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville, Keanu Reeves
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, …
Abstract Reader reviewed Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) by Octavia E. Butler
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) by Octavia E. Butler
Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final …
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) by Octavia E. Butler
Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final …
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The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing game theory …
Abstract Reader reviewed The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
Ruined by technical inaccuracies
2 stars
The book generally is a fun fictionalization of von Neuman's life and work. However, many small inaccuracies in the explanations of the various technical topics central to the plot ruined the experience for me.
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The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing game theory …
Abstract Reader reviewed Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- book II)
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Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- book II)
"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to all. In which automation now …
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Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- book II)
"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to all. In which automation now …
Abstract Reader reviewed Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- Book 1)
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Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- Book 1)
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would …
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Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- Book 1)
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would …





