Artifakt Lazarus book 1

This story is a little melodramatic and formulaic but is still fun with non-stop action. I shall continue reading this series. 4/5 stars.

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Flagship by Isaac Hooke

Fun!  There is enough action to suspend disbelief. Interesting plot twists. 4/5 stars.
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Machine Learning by Hugh Howey

There is a little too much anthropomorphism in these stories but they are still very good. The science is also a little weak.  I enjoyed the stories and may pick up more of Howey's stuff. 4/5 stars.
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The Stars are Legion

Puke awful, disgusting, horror.  1/5 stars.  Yuck!​

hieroglyph

This story collection is fun and the links back to the project at Arizona State are also interesting. I did not enjoy some of the stories as much as most of them.  4/5 stars.​

Global Transparent Society

Another David Brin prediction is starting to come true:  the latest Paradise Papers leak indict thousands more of the "ruling class" and provides an interesting analysis.

Article (in English)

https://projekte.sueddeutsche.de/paradisepapers/politik/this-is-the-leak-e866529/

Brin's book page

http://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety.html

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. . . would be a shame if somethin' was ta happen to it. . .

Bellevue Washington's High School football's 11 State championship dynasty's legal battles continue.  This part is really funny:  '. . .   college acceptance decisions are coming up and “it would be a shame if something were to happen.”'  It's bad Hollywood dialog from a real-life cardboard character.