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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover) by Thomas L. Friedman bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943 (Paperback) by Antony Beevor bookshelves: currently-reading |
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1984 (Paperback) by George Orwell |
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Anathem (Hardcover) by Neal Stephenson bookshelves: scifi |
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recommended for: everyone
read in October, 2008 
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"There are very few books to which I'd give a five star rating. My criteria for this are pretty simple, but not many writers produce anything that meets them. _Anathem_ nails them all.
1. Scope. The book must be ambitious. It must approach a multit...more " |
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The Art of War (Mass Market Paperback) by Sun Tzu |
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
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The Perpetual Orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary (Paperback) by Mario Vargas Llosa |
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Blindness (Paperback) by José Saramago |
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After Dark (Hardcover) by Haruki Murakami |
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3) by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2) by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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noise (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters
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updated 08/22/2008 05:51PM
description:
it’s the early twenty-third century, and after rather a lot of screwing around, transhumanity has finally gotten around to colonizing the solar system, ensuring basic prosperity for all, and extending lifespans beyond the 1.5 century mark. what’s a species to do? conquer death? put on giant shoulder pads and conquer the galaxy? become beings of pure energy? yeah, eff that. how about building an AGI that lives in you and all of your friends’ heads and then going to weird art parties in space? that would be much more fun. wouldn’t it?
posthuman playground (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters
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updated 01/27/2008 09:39PM
description:
Transhuman and robotic children spend a dreamy afternoon in an intelligent playground. There is ice cream. And rebellion.
arm (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
1 chapters
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updated 01/27/2008 09:37PM
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A robotic arm leads a desperate attempt to save humanity from its own destruction. Salient features include a space battle, AGI sex, and French-Canadian expletives.
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