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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In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and …
Excellent book. Not exactly what I expected. There is a lot in this book, descriptions of Russian revolution, life in Moscow before WWII, but also a lot of sociology and philosophy. Definitely recommended.
Glasshouse is a science fiction novel by British author Charles Stross, first published in 2006. …
Quite a lot in this book. Sociology, space opera (kindof). Sometimes a bit difficult to follow but all in all a nice read from @cstross@wandering.shop. Recommended.
Quite a lot in this book. Sociology, space opera (kindof). Sometimes a bit difficult to follow but all in all a nice read from @cstross@wandering.shop. Recommended.
Una wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady …
Very good. Loads of plots twists and nice window into icelandic life.. recommended !
Four friends visit the island. But only three return....Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is sent to …
Nice thriller with a good plotwist at the end.
As usual, nice stories interthwined... :-)
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...
This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...
"The Crystal Spheres" is a science fiction short story by American writer David Brin, originally …
nice little short story :-)
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 :-)
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.
« 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...
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 :-)
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.
A hurt and frightened woman, pursued by mysterious, menacing strangers, is taken in by a …
very short novel - not really interesting. waste of time. avoid.
La Grande Maison donne l’immortalité aux membres de la secte qui en connaissent le secret, …
Plusieurs histoires, pas toutes de van Vogt. Intéressant, comme toujours
Plusieurs histoires, pas toutes de van Vogt. Intéressant, comme toujours
Un des derniers romans (1977) de celui qui fut une gloire de l'âge d'or de …
Intéressant comme toujours, mais pas toujours très clair....