Again, fantastic worldbuilding and setting from this author. Good characters and plot, too, although there is gender imbalance and mild sexism at times. Much great speculation regarding alien civilisations. My only major issue is with the narrative style this is written in, in journalistic fashion...
Really fantastic worldbuilding and setting. Well-written. A great 'what if' sci fi novel. Lacks the fifth star because the characters fall kind of flat, and because the story ends rather abruptly - it lacks in try/fail cycles, basically. -Lyr
As a book-hoarder, while there are many books that I promised myself that I will come back to them later, there are very few books that I wish I didn't waste my time reading them; add this to that extremely short list. I bought this book online and I did so because: 1) I found the title interestin...
This book is full of interesting information, but it's bias is fairly clear. It's also fairly doomy and gloomy. If you're into post-apocalyptic and/or dystopian genres, this book gives a nice overview of how we might get there, one day.
A compelling subject and some very interesting ideas, but something about the writing just didn't draw me in. Has a seriously lengthy bibliography. Can see myself referring to the ideas here some day.
I found the first chapter of this book extremely difficult to understand and I could not comprehend its inclusion in the book. I gained nothing from the first chapter and, honestly, little more from the rest.From the second chapter onwards, I was able to follow the arguments being put forward for p...
A thorough and very accessible book about the art of geomancy - a form of divination very popular in the medieval/early modern period. There is material here for people at any level of familiarity with geomancy, from the complete neophyte to more experienced diviners. The author's knowledge on the...
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