Saturday, April 29, 2023

Lead The Way by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole

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The fantasy story continues with silly over-the-top Army Ranger stuff, 3/5 stars.

Critical Mass (expeditionary force book 10) by Craig Alanson

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The series continues with the same tropes and evolving characters. Fun, mindless space opera as technology and politics become more sophisti...

Corpus Delecti, Ein Prozess von Juli Zeh

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Mein neuer Lieblingsautor präsentiert eine zum Nachdenken anregende Geschichte, die in einer dystopischen Zukunft spielt, in der der Staat d...
Sunday, April 23, 2023

The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

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Another wonderfully entertaining book by a great story-teller.  I had seen the Fog of War documentary 20 years ago, and I remember Robert M...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Originator by Joel Shepherd

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This book is fantastic!  The politics are great.  The operatic melodrama with great sci-fi awe-and-wonder interstellar struggles are wonderf...

All the Light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr

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It is very surprising that this book is so popular (10 million copies sold) and is critically acclaimed. I am disappointed at how bad the bo...
Monday, April 17, 2023

I hate the Ivy League by Malcolm Gladwell (Audiobook)

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I listened to this podcast collection over the weekend; it is very entertaining, despite the vitriolic hate and melodramatic righteous indig...
Sunday, April 16, 2023

Disinformation, Misinformation, Propaganda, Distraction

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In 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I started watching Perun's weekly in-depth analysis video s (on Sundays) becaus...

Valkyrie & Critical Mass by Craig Alanson

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There are two volumes and two titles, but the first book ends in a ridiculous cliffhanger where everyone (literally) is seconds away from de...
Friday, April 14, 2023

Mitch is on nostr

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