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[Contains mild spoilers] I’m not sure how I came across Blake Crouch. Probably recommended by the Kobo algorithm. Or his book was in a sale and sounded cool. I remember downloading a free preview of “Dark Matter” and reading it and thinking it was good. Anyhow, I ended up reading “Recursion” first. “A compulsive, breathtaking […]
I’m a big fan of using RSS and I’ve loved the iOS and MacOs Reeder app for years. Recently a new version of Reeder came out that’s in many ways different, but in many ways similar. I immediately tried it out as Reeder is so good and I use it a lot. I was keen […]
I actually finished this a good while ago. I’d heard a lot about Brandon Sanderson, and – as is my probably-not-very-ethical-really way – I saw The Book of Kings on offer on Kobo and bought it to see if I could get into it. And WHAT a book. I mean, it’s epic. Literally. It’s huge. […]
Well this was a wild ride. I’ve not read anything like this before. I got a collection of eBooks of Cory Doctorow‘s novels on Humble Bundle. I was curious about his fiction work. I think this book fits into the category of post-scarcity sci-fi. It’s Doctorow’s first novel and is actually released under a creative […]
If you just read my review of Seth Godin’s “Tribes” and now read this you’ll probably think I’m in a right grumpy mood. But I’m not. But the truth is, I was disappointed by this book too. Mostly, I wasn’t expecting it to be so biographical. Campbell is very open about mental health and a […]
I have a proper day off so I’m catching up with some writing/sharing. I’ve finished a few books recently, which is very unlike me! I have a few Seth Godin ebooks lined up in my wishlist on Kobo. This one got reduced to super-cheap and I bought it and read it pretty quickly. It’s not […]
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The ninth set of ten links as I close down my open tabs on my mobile. Games, databases and online virtual computers.