Big Red Bird With Fuzzy Pink Feet
BigRedBirdWithFuzzyPinkFeet@ramblingreaders.org
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An afficionado of Terry Pratchett, sci-fi and history books.
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The extraordinary sequel to Dune, the greatest science fiction novel of all time. Twelve years after his victory over House …
The extraordinary sequel to Dune, the greatest science fiction novel of all time. Twelve years after his victory over House …
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …
I remember it as much longer, but it's in fact pretty trim. Each chapter does what it needs to do - lays out necessary exposition, moves the plot, makes its high point(s) - and lets the next chapter have the stage.
Herbert truly was a master wordsmith.
Finding out who you were in a previous life sounds like fun until you’re forced to grapple with the darkness …
Finding out who you were in a previous life sounds like fun until you’re forced …
An cool short solarpunk story with some colorful and interesting characters. Can't wait for more from the same author!
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …
I last read this back when I was maybe 15. Hopefully this time I'll be interested enough to finish the whole saga. :)
JASMINE BASHARA never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. …
Heard that it's not as good as Weir's other two books, but we'll see.
Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the …
A rather decent, very detailed summary of Persia's long history, from ancient history until pretty much the book's release date.
It has a structure which I prefer in historiography books - not a dry list of dates and events, but rather a coherent, almost story-like prose, explaining events in discrete thematic chapters.
The final parts, dealing with recent history, seemed a bit too naive and hopeful to me, in light of recent terrors unleashed by the Iran government on its populace, and unrest stemming from that - but understandably so - the author clearly cares for the Persian region of the world very much.
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
Incredibly gripping, excellent sci-fi.
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender series and the Ender's Shadow …
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
A satisfactory conclusion to the whole saga.
Maybe a bit too "happy-endy" for science fiction, but sometimes it's good to stand up from a book with a warm fuzzy feeling.
@bremner@book.dansmonorage.blue To me, some of Discworld books are much more... I don't know, meditative? Or perhaps the word is philosophical. Of course, each of the books has a clearly felt idea or philosophy underneath the story, but in some of the books, like Reaper Man, the story is sort of happening in the background, and the thoughts - either narrators or some characters' - take center stage.
And that's fine. :)
Having woven intricate and gripping plots around thought provoking looks at the future of countries like India, Brazil and Turkey, …
"A Walk in the Sun" is a hard science fiction short story published in 1991 …
A rather good and memorable hard sci-fi short story. I'll have to look up more from Mr. Landis.
"Author of the phenomenal national best seller, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall now travels to …
I don't know, I expected a bit more. There were some interesting Crete-specific factoids from WW2 and some awesome war stories (mostly involved endurance running, obviously), but the book is written in a rather meandering, disjointed way, and I found myself getting bored and having to power through some chapters.
Not bad, but nothing special.
