KevSaund started reading When the Moon hits your Eye by John Scalzi
It's a whole new moooooon.
One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon …
Sometimes you just want to read a silly book about the moon turning to cheese.
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I mostly read Scifi, Comics, and playscripts. I also consume vast quantities of other media but I probably won't be posting about that here.
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KevSaund started reading Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
Might as well see where this goes.
KevSaund reviewed Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and …
Quick and fun, if you like this sort of thing
I was a litRPG skeptic, but this was a lot of fun. It’s not overly complex but the characters are well drawn so it’s fun to spend time with them. There isn’t much of a story arc in this fist one, it’s more picaresque in structure (befitting the concept)
KevSaund started reading Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and …
Library hold finally came in, and now my friends are telling me I need to listen to the audio version instead.
KevSaund reviewed Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The …
A satire of and love letter to academia
I first read Anathem in college. I started it again in grad school but it was too close to home. Now, 15 years in again I can say I enjoyed it as much as the first time. A fun world to spend time in.
KevSaund reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events …
I too enjoy consuming media
I listened to the audio book while playing powerwash simulator. Not a bad listen.
KevSaund started reading Exit Strategy by Lee Child
Library hold came in, let’s see which Reacher we get this time.
KevSaund reviewed The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Poirot, #2)
The Murder on the Links is Agatha Christie’s second Poirot novel, featuring the brilliant Belgian …
Not Poirot’s best
I really struggled to get through this one. Maybe that’s on me, but there were so many twists that felt unnecessary and I couldn’t keep up with who was who.
KevSaund started reading The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Poirot, #2)
The Murder on the Links is Agatha Christie’s second Poirot novel, featuring the brilliant Belgian …
I’ve started this like seven times, now I’m finally getting into it.
KevSaund reviewed The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut, #4)
Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, D.C.—triggering an extinction-level global warming event—Earth’s survivors have …
Another solid entry in the Lady Astronaut series
I hadn’t realized this was out until my library app recommended it.
The author’s note at the end mentions she structured the novel around a calendar, which wasn’t obvious while reading, but I get it afterwards. It outside of that, there’s a lot less plot structure. This is almost a slice of life novel, but on mars. There’s sort of a central mystery in here, but that almost feels like back of the book bait more than what the novel is really about.
I hadn’t realized this was out until my library app recommended it.
The author’s note at the end mentions she structured the novel around a calendar, which wasn’t obvious while reading, but I get it afterwards. It outside of that, there’s a lot less plot structure. This is almost a slice of life novel, but on mars. There’s sort of a central mystery in here, but that almost feels like back of the book bait more than what the novel is really about.
KevSaund finished reading The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block
The solution to the mystery was a little contrived, but I had fun.
KevSaund started reading The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block
Audiobook selection for a short road trip
KevSaund started reading The Pursuit of William Abbey by Catherine Webb
South Africa in the 1880s. A young and naive English doctor by the name of …
I’ve yet to read a Claire North book I haven’t loved, and this one was $3 at the used book store.
KevSaund reviewed The AI Con by Emily M. Bender
A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing …
Never stop laughing at them.
4 stars
The way to burst a bubble is with pointed laughter.
Also this book does a very good job of explaining the breadth of “AI” hype, including examining all of the different ways it is actively making the world worse, oth big and small.
The way to burst a bubble is with pointed laughter.
Also this book does a very good job of explaining the breadth of “AI” hype, including examining all of the different ways it is actively making the world worse, oth big and small.
KevSaund commented on The AI Con by Emily M. Bender
A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing …
Chapter two and we’re already talking about how “AI” is supported by and reinforces a eugenics based view of the world. Hell yeah.