This seemed like a hard book to write, given the setup. It's almost too close to our current reality to be fiction--except for the alien robots, of course. I'm impressed with how well Hank Green delivers what seem like realistic reactions in our current age of social media. Great fun!
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pwinn rated Prisoners of Geography: 5 stars
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of …
pwinn rated Perhaps the Stars: 5 stars
Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota #4)
World Peace turns into global civil war.
In the future, the leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—clandestinely committed …
pwinn rated The haunted air: 5 stars
pwinn rated The Wife Upstairs: 5 stars
pwinn rated Hosts (Repairman Jack): 5 stars
pwinn rated One Billion Americans: 5 stars
pwinn rated We Are Legion (We Are Bob): 5 stars
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #1)
“Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places …
pwinn rated To your scattered bodies go: 4 stars
To your scattered bodies go by Philip José Farmer (Riverworld series)
All of the 36 billion people who ever lived on Earth are simultaneously resurrected on a world that has been …
April May and the Carls are back in the much-anticipated sequel to Hank Green's #1 …
Review of 'A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This seemed like a hard book to write, given the setup. It's almost too close to our current reality to be fiction--except for the alien robots, of course. I'm impressed with how well Hank Green delivers what seem like realistic reactions in our current age of social media. Great fun!
pwinn reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Andy Weir seems to tell one type of story very well, and any criticism of The Martian involving the super-human skillset of the protagonist probably applies here as well, but it's definitely a return to fine form after Artemis, so I'm here for it.
Andy Weir seems to tell one type of story very well, and any criticism of The Martian involving the super-human skillset of the protagonist probably applies here as well, but it's definitely a return to fine form after Artemis, so I'm here for it.
pwinn reviewed Screw the Galaxy by Steven Campbell (Hard Luck Hank, #1)
Hank is a thug. He knows he's a thug. He has no problem with that …
Review of 'Hard Luck Hank' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Absolutely amazing. Hank is the anti-hero I was craving without realizing it.
pwinn reviewed The Tomb (Adversary Cycle/Repairman Jack) by F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack, #1)
Review of 'The Tomb (Adversary Cycle/Repairman Jack)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I don't know what I expected from this book, but I'm delighted to start this series. I've read books with characters "off the grid," but never as grounded as this one. I've read action-packed books, but never with combined with the horror elements of this one. Jack's relationship almost strained credulity in its intensity, but never quite became cloying. Goodreads tells me there are many more books with Repairman Jack, and I plan to read them all!
I don't know what I expected from this book, but I'm delighted to start this series. I've read books with characters "off the grid," but never as grounded as this one. I've read action-packed books, but never with combined with the horror elements of this one. Jack's relationship almost strained credulity in its intensity, but never quite became cloying. Goodreads tells me there are many more books with Repairman Jack, and I plan to read them all!
