In this series I note what I am reading and people comment with what they're reading. Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.
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Just finished
John Quincy Adams: American Visionary by Fred Kaplan. An admiring look at a somewhat neglected president. Well written but could have been cut somewhat from it's 700 pages. full review:
Started and finished: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert Heinlein. A lot of fun. In this young adult book, Thorby starts off as a slave and winds up very powerful. Good old-fashioned SF from one of the great story-tellers. full review:
Now reading
The Recursive Universe by William Poundstone. About recursion; quite a bit about the Game of Life that was invented by Conway.
The Peripheral by William Gibson. I got this before publication from a book review group. As usual with Gibson, he drops you in the water and tells you to swim. Complex SF on two intertwined timelines in relatively near future America. Fairly dystopian.
Just started
The Age of Atheists: How we have sought to live since the death of God by Peter Watson. Faith and atheism in the modern world.
The Past through Tomorrow by Robert Heinlein. A collection of short stories in Heinlein's future history.
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