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pacmondo rated The Bands of Mourning: 5 stars

Brandon Sanderson: The Bands of Mourning (2016, Tor Books)

The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (The Mistborn Saga, #6)

Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads …

pacmondo rated Shadows of Self: 5 stars

Brandon Sanderson: Shadows of Self (Hardcover, 2015, Tor Books)

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #5)

Shadows of Self shows Mistborn’s society evolving as technology and magic mix, the economy grows, democracy contends with corruption, and …

pacmondo rated The Alloy of Law: 5 stars

Brandon Sanderson: The Alloy of Law (Hardcover, 2011)

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 …

pacmondo rated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 1: 5 stars

Douglas Adams: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 1 (2020, Pan Macmillan)

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 1 by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy …

pacmondo rated The sisters brothers: 4 stars

Patrick deWitt: The sisters brothers (Hardcover, 2011, Ecco)

The sisters brothers by Patrick deWitt

Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, …

pacmondo rated Seveneves: 4 stars

Neal Stephenson: Seveneves (Paperback, 2016, The Borough Press)

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An …

pacmondo rated Reamde: 5 stars

Neal Stephenson: Reamde (2011, Harper Collins USA)

Reamde by Neal Stephenson

Reamde is a speculative fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2011. The story, set in the present day, centers …

pacmondo rated Zodiac: 4 stars

Zodiac

Sangamon Taylor's a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt …

pacmondo rated Seveneves: 4 stars

Neal Stephenson: Seveneves (2015, HarperCollins)

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

"What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a …

pacmondo rated Termination Shock: 5 stars

Neal Stephenson: Termination Shock (Hardcover, 2021, William Morrow)

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 …

pacmondo rated The Diamond Age: 4 stars

Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age (Hardcover, 1995, Bantam Books)

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)

The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what …

pacmondo rated Snow Crash: 4 stars

Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (Paperback, 2008, Bantam Spectra)

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …

pacmondo rated Cryptonomicon: 5 stars

Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon (Paperback, 2005, Goldmann Wilhelm GmbH)

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

E-book extras: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); TWO: "Mother Earth Motherboard" (Neal's …

pacmondo reviewed Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith

"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose …

An empathetic look into the minds of other creatures

5 stars

If you've ever looked into the eyes of an animal looking back at you with intelligence and thought "What are you thinking?" then this book is worth reading for you. It analyzes the minds and behaviors of the furthest arguably intelligent creatures from us on the evolutionary web, the cephalopods.

pacmondo rated The Three-Body Problem: 4 stars

Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem (Hardcover, 2014, Tor Books)

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)

Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …