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. …
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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 …
rik rated The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set: 5 stars
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …