I will read pretty much anything, although my preferences tend to veer towards Science Fiction (especially Space Opera) and Fantasy (especially Epic Fantasy).
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A multilayered, locked-room science fiction novella from Paul Cornell in which five digital beings unravel their existences to discover the …
Thanks to @xavier@bookwyrm.tech for the recommendation
@xavier@bookwyrm.tech That sounds interesting. I shall have to take a look. Thanks for the recommendation.
Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named …
I have been meaning to read this for years.
Bullshit is the foundation of contaminated thinking and bad decisions that leads to health consequences, …
We've all encountered bullshit and with this book, Petrocelli provides a very readable overview of what it his, why we tolerate far too much of it, some of the effects it can have and how we can counter it.
In doing so, he also provides a much needed reminder of the importance of critical thinking.
Even the appendix is worth a read.
Bullshit is the foundation of contaminated thinking and bad decisions that leads to health consequences, financial losses, legal consequences, broken …
Bullshit is the foundation of contaminated thinking and bad decisions that leads to health consequences, …
A public without basic bullshit detection and disposal skills cannot defend itself against the many unwanted effects of bullshit. Better information doesn’t always result in better decision-making, but better decision-making almost always requires better information.
— The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit by John V. Petrocelli
Bullshit is the foundation of contaminated thinking and bad decisions that leads to health consequences, financial losses, legal consequences, broken …
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the …
There are a lot of ideas in this novel that do bear thinking about but the narrative, heavily reliant on a series of vignettes from the future, feels disjointed to the point that it keeps stumbling over itself. I do like the eventual optimism of the novel, but did find it a bit too reliant on hand-waving and buzzwords for me to really buy into it.
As a novel, The Ministry for the Future felt a lot like an exercise in wasted potential.
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to …
One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in an epic space opera about …
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to …
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who …
Reading this feels a lot like watching a soap opera. It's very much a character driven story with the plot serving merely to prod the story along as and when needed. And the characters are an entertaining and likeable bunch of misfits, doing their job and surviving as best they can.
It's also worth noting that this is a really nice story. The characters have spent years learning to get along with each other and... they get along with each other. What tensions there are are relatively minor and never distract from the fact that these people are looking out for each other.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is a very easy read and a solid debut from Becky Chambers.
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family …
