Mitch Wyle's Web Log

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Discovery, Der Erstkontakt Hörspiel von hoerspielprojekt.de

Es war gut gespielt und interessant. Die schauspieler und das Schreiben waren ausgezeichnet. Leider ist die Geschichte tödlich dumm, 2/5 Sterne.

Sunday, March 17, 2019

The Chroma Venture by Joel Shepherd

Fun, action-packed space opera! 5/5 stars. Can't wait for the next book in this series.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Revenger by Alastair Reynolds

Better than the first one, but I really don't like the universe or characters. Everything in this universe is dark. All the characters are deceptive and evil. 3/5 stars.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Skin in the game by Nassim Taleb

Too short, dense, and compressed. Fantastic set of rants and aphorisms. 5/5 stars.

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Sunday, March 3, 2019

Nachtzug nach Lissabon von Pascal Mercier

Beautifully-written and deeply engrossing story immerses us simultaneously in the main character's adventurous emergence from his suffocating existence as well as a detailed history of Portugal's unreported and violent political uprising, of which I was completely ignorant. I must chase down more of Mercier's novels.5/5 stars, recommended!

Ich soll vielleicht Buchbesprechungen deutscher Bücher auf Deutsch schreiben. Falls jemand das liest und irgendeine Meinung hat, bitte lass es mich wissen.

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder

Good story-telling and odd tech; decent awe-and-wonder of mysterious trans-humanism. It is somewhat like Larry Niven's "smoke ring" (Integral trees) world. Among the world building issues that pushed me out of the story is the existence of petrochemicals and manufacturing processes that rely on strong gravity. I may not read the rest of the series or his later books, 3/5 stars.