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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 (Mistborn, #4)
"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 (Reckoners, #2)
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 (The Reckoners, #1)
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 (Shades of Magic)
STEP INTO A UNIVERSE OF DARING ADVENTURE, THRILLING POWER, AND MULTIPLE LONDONS.
Kell is one of the last travelers--magicians …
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 Life, the Universe and Everything: 4 stars
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982, ISBN 0-345-39182-9) is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy …
Stephen King: Insomnia (Spanish language, 2005, Debolsillo)
Insomnia by Stephen King
Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he awakens a little earlier until he's …
