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msub2@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years, 7 months ago

Head Librarian at The Library of the Uncommons, as well as all-around tech enthusiast and enjoyer of science fiction.

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Darren Hudson Hick: Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (2017, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

And now for something completely different! I've recently gotten interested in exploring philosophy and aesthetics was one of the more appealing branches to me (probably because of my creative background). Looking forward to digging into this

reviewed The Salvagers by John Michael Godier (The Salvagers #1)

John Michael Godier: The Salvagers (2013, Smashwords Edition)

Set four centuries in the future, salvager Captain Camden D. Hunter and his crew find …

An enjoyable sci-fi piece from an excellent Youtuber

I feel like reading The Salvagers was a nice way to get back into the hang of reading; I've been a fan of JMG for some time now and knew that his books would give me some nice hard sci-fi goodness. At times I felt like the dialogue was a bit stiff, but the plot more than makes up for it. All in all, pretty enjoyable, I could certainly recommend.

finished reading Rescue at Io by John Michael Godier (The Salvagers #0)

John Michael Godier: Rescue at Io (2013, Smashwords Edition)

Lt. Lazarus Grenville and Lt. Daniel Thompson attempt to rescue the survivors of a downed …

The first thing I've sat down and read from beginning to end in quite some time! I've always enjoyed JMG's astronomy and extraterrestrial-related YouTube content and figured this would be a nice way to start getting back into reading. It's a short story meant to set up the following book in the series, so not a whole lot to chew on, but I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.