Persepolis Rising

​Fantastic continuation of the story.  I hope the authors keep churning them out for years to come.  I am also looking forward to the third season of the tv show.  5/5 stars.

Vanishing Games by Roger Hobbs

Fantastic!  5/5 Stars.
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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.

Max the Demon vs Entropy of Doom

If you read my blog you will remember I sponsored the kick-starter for the creation of this graphic novel.  The fundraising was successful; the book was published; my signed first edition arrived while I was traveling for business.  My youngest daughter read the book in one sitting and I read it when I got back.  I had very high expectations for the book and it exceeded all of them!  The book is funny, exciting, well-drawn, and educational.

I sincerely believe that comic books and graphic novels will eventually find their way into classroom curriculum and kids will learn important, difficult concepts through this important medium.  If you have kids 10-16 years old who like comic books, you should consider giving them this book for the Holiday gift-giving season.  5/5 stars.