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Ethan
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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Paperback) by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads author!) |
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| July 28 | ||
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Cryptonomicon (Mass Market Paperback) by Neal Stephenson bookshelves: rhythm-algorithm |
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recommended for: nerds
Ethan said:
"As entertaining a nerdy paranoid technothriller as you're likely to encounter. Neal isn't exactly Vladimir Nabokov, but he does throw a lot of fun history around.
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| June 29 | ||
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Ethan
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The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Paperback) by Will Eisner bookshelves: to-read |
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| June 26 | ||
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Ethan
read and liked
Jono Davis's
review of The Selfish Gene:
"One of the most important things I took from The Selfish Gene is an idea that I find a bit difficult to put into words. Richard Dawkins is rea...more " | |
| June 22 | ||
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover) by Barack Obama |
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recommended to Ethan by:
Americans
Ethan said:
"A pageturner. Basically a piece of political advertising, but an unusually emotionally introspective one. And not ghostwritten! He has the law-school prof habit of loading up his sentences with parenthetical subclauses, but otherwise he writes beauti...more
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback) by Barack Obama |
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recommended for: America
read in June, 2008
Ethan said:
"Audacity Of Hope is a strong piece of political writing, but this book is a work of art. Serious, introspective, personal, historical. "If everyone is family, then no one is."
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| June 21 | ||
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Einstein's Dreams (Paperback) by Alan Lightman |
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| June 20 | ||
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Ethan
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Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos (Hardcover) by Seth Lloyd |
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| May 06 | ||
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Ethan
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson |
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Ethan said:
"I like the concept, but the plot is bewildering. I don't mind that from Thomas Pynchon, but Neal could stand to dial it back a few notches.
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