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creamfresh

creamfresh@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years, 3 months ago

Nice to meet you! I'm creamfresh and I like science fiction, especially cyberpunk, but I also love the Discworld series. I'm always ready to broaden my horizon with non-fiction, especially when I don't agree with the politics of a given book. Some classics might also slip through. I am trying to get into the habit of writing reviews for the books I've read and I will amend some for the books I already marked as read. My native Language is German, but I always prefer reading the original version, so most of my books will be in English. I also read Manga, but I will only add the first volume of a series if I finish it, because i can't be bothered otherwise.

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William F. Gibson (duplicate): Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988, Bantam Books)

Living in the vast computer landscape of cyberspace, young Mona taps into the mind of …

Man, when I started Neuromancer, I really Did Not Like It. But at some point in the second half, it just clicked. Now I'm halfway through Count Zero and I want so so much more of this story. Have to read other things I borrowed first, though.

@PopTarts@mastodon.lol I absolutely love Snow Crash. I also think it's very interesting how the books are two sides to the cyberpunk coin. Similar visions that diverge in their execution.

I actually grew quite tired of cyberpunk in popular culture, until recently I actually read those two books and they catapulted me back into it. Now I can't get enough.

Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel (Paperback, 2017, W. W. Norton & Company)

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (previously titled Guns, Germs and Steel: …

Great overview of global history and prehistory

I am not a historian, thus I cannot speak to the validity of specific details he provides, but Jared Diamond builds his thesis on why western societies dominate the globe today, on such solid groundwork, that I cannot imagine the broad strokes of his theory being refuted in the future. The book gives an overview about the evolutionary biology of crops and livestock, prehistory, history, geography and the influences of each field on the others. A large focus is put on the areas of Southeast-Asia/Oceania and South America. As a layman with general knowledge of the topics (I watch too much science YouTube) I found everything comprehensible, though many theses are repeated so many times, that often I got confused and could not tell wether I already read a section or not. In summary, if you are like me and watch a lot of science YouTube, this book will give …