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m₂

msub2@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years, 10 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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started reading Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

James S.A. Corey: Leviathan Wakes (Paperback, 2011, Orbit)

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars …

I absolutely loved watching The Expanse, can't wait to start digging into the actual books.

Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (EBook, 2003, Bantam Books)

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison -- …

It was fun

I will admit it took a while for me to warm up to it, but it's actually pretty entertaining and has some cool ideas re: what it means to be a "hacker".

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.