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rik rated Red Team Blues: 5 stars
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. …
rik rated The Internet Con: 5 stars
The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
rik rated Termination Shock: 4 stars
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
Termination Shock takes readers on a thrilling, chilling visit to our not-too-distant future – a world in which the greenhouse …
rik rated Little Brother: 4 stars
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on …
rik rated The Alloy of Law: 4 stars
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
"Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is on the verge of modernity, with railroads to …
rik rated Look Who's Back: 3 stars
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
David and the Reckoners continue their fight against the Epics, humans with superhuman powers, except they may have met their …
rik rated Steelheart: 5 stars
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, …
rik rated A Darker Shade of Magic: 4 stars
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
STEP INTO A UNIVERSE OF DARING ADVENTURE, THRILLING POWER, AND MULTIPLE LONDONS.
Kell is one of the last travelers--magicians with …
rik rated I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: 4 stars
Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (1984, Ace Books)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
This is a story set in a post-apocalyptic future. The Cold War progressed until it was too complicated for humans …
rik rated 'Salem's Lot: 4 stars
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Author Ben Mears returns to ‘Salem's Lot to write a book about a house that has haunted him since childhood …
rik rated Guild Wars : Ghosts of Ascalon: 3 stars
rik rated The Dark Tower II: 4 stars
The Dark Tower II by Stephen King
[The Dark Tower][1] II
Part II of an epic saga. Roland, the last gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doorways on the …
