This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...
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Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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François finished reading The postman by David Brin
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. …
This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...
François started reading The postman by David Brin
The postman by David Brin
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently …
François finished reading The Crystal Spheres by David Brin
"The Crystal Spheres" is a science fiction short story by American writer David Brin, originally …
nice little short story :-)
François started reading The Crystal Spheres by David Brin
The Crystal Spheres by David Brin
"The Crystal Spheres" is a science fiction short story by American writer David Brin, originally published in the January 1984 …
François finished reading The river of time. by David Brin
The River of Time brings together eleven of David Brin's finest shorter works, including 'The …
Collection of short stories commented by the author. As usual in this type of book, some are better than the others :-)
François started reading The river of time. by David Brin
The river of time. by David Brin
The River of Time brings together eleven of David Brin's finest shorter works, including 'The Crystal Spheres', and four stories …
François finished reading A Tan and Sandy Silence (Travis McGee Mysteries) by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee (12))
Travis McGee is unnerved when he receives an unexpected guest—real estate developer Harry Broll, who …
Not bad, but not my cup of tea. If you have nothing else to read... Very old style macho type of PI.
François started reading A Tan and Sandy Silence (Travis McGee Mysteries) by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee (12))
A Tan and Sandy Silence (Travis McGee Mysteries) by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee (12))
Travis McGee is unnerved when he receives an unexpected guest—real estate developer Harry Broll, who is convinced that McGee is …
François finished reading Cet homme est mort by Wole Soyinka
« L’homme meurt en tous ceux qui se taisent devant la tyrannie. »
Wole …
Ce livre raconte une expérience de prison par un opposant politique dans les prisons nigérianes et sa lutte à la foi pour survivre et contre la dictature. Comme dirait Luchini, c'est du lourd, c'est du très lourd...
Ce livre raconte une expérience de prison par un opposant politique dans les prisons nigérianes et sa lutte à la foi pour survivre et contre la dictature. Comme dirait Luchini, c'est du lourd, c'est du très lourd...
François started reading Cet homme est mort by Wole Soyinka
Cet homme est mort by Wole Soyinka
« L’homme meurt en tous ceux qui se taisent devant la tyrannie. »
Wole Soyinka est arrêté en 1967 …
François finished reading Les derniers jours de nos pères by Joël Dicker
Londres, 1940. Soucieux de pallier l’anéantissement de l’armée britannique à Dunkerque, Winston Churchill a une …
Excellent jusque la moitié du livre, après, cela devient un peu trop prévisible à mon goût. Pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais, et très différent de ses autres livres. Vaut la peine :-)
Excellent jusque la moitié du livre, après, cela devient un peu trop prévisible à mon goût. Pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais, et très différent de ses autres livres. Vaut la peine :-)
François started reading Les derniers jours de nos pères by Joël Dicker
Les derniers jours de nos pères by Joël Dicker
Londres, 1940. Soucieux de pallier l’anéantissement de l’armée britannique à Dunkerque, Winston Churchill a une idée qui va changer le …
François finished reading The dangerous case of Donald Trump by Bandy X. Lee
Explores the consensus of more than two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists that President Donald Trump …
Heavy reading but interesting. Would even be better if the authors didn't all feel the need to repeat that they know that the Goldwater rule prevents them from analysing a public figure and therefore they are absolutely not doing that, before proceeding with their analysis of dt. The most interesting authors are the non-psy because they do not repeat what the others have already said :-) worth a read. This one is from 2017. There is another one from 2025 which I'll review later.
Heavy reading but interesting. Would even be better if the authors didn't all feel the need to repeat that they know that the Goldwater rule prevents them from analysing a public figure and therefore they are absolutely not doing that, before proceeding with their analysis of dt. The most interesting authors are the non-psy because they do not repeat what the others have already said :-) worth a read. This one is from 2017. There is another one from 2025 which I'll review later.
François started reading The dangerous case of Donald Trump by Bandy X. Lee
The dangerous case of Donald Trump by Bandy X. Lee
Explores the consensus of more than two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists that President Donald Trump is dangerously mentally ill and …