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Thoughts on The Profession
I read an early copy of Pressfield’s new book a few weeks ago. Writing a review for a journal , so I held off on putting a review here. Had to put it in a drawer to reflect on it. … Continue reading
Review: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Listened to the audiobook of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. I feel it’s ‘science-fictioness’ is vastly overstated. It’s not really scifi. The elements which are from that domain are interesting and fun, but … Continue reading
Review: Machine Man by Max Berry
So Max Barry had a cool idea about a man who finds the human body limiting and does something about it. First by accident, but then a grinding slicing and dicing of his body, augmenting as he goes. Interestingly enough, he … Continue reading
Review: Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? Johan Harstad’s writing (translated from the Norwegian) is intimate, beautiful, almost a form of poetry, and it demands that you sit back and let it wash over you, slowly. But … Continue reading
Review: Tina Fey’s Bossypants
Listened to the audiobook. It’s written, directed, and performed by her – supposed to be much livelier than the written version. Found it to be pretty hilarious. Good listening while working out or when you’re too drained to learn anything. … Continue reading