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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Hutch has been the Academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor …
A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice …
Not at all what I expected. I wanted to read an Atwood that was not Handmaid's tale. This is a surprise. The style is what it is, and she has a definite technique. All in all a very interresting book - give it a try.
Not at all what I expected. I wanted to read an Atwood that was not Handmaid's tale. This is a surprise. The style is what it is, and she has a definite technique. All in all a very interresting book - give it a try.
A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An …
Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She’s completed a nerve-bending qualification flight …
This episode takes us to the beginning of the career of hutch. As usual, nice and easy reading :-)
Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She’s completed a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pilot’s license.
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The year is 2255. The academy that trained the starfarers is long gone and veteran …
As usual, nice and easy reading for this 6th nstalment of the academy/hutch saga, with some nice twists and turns - I'll say no more :-)
As usual, nice and easy reading for this 6th nstalment of the academy/hutch saga, with some nice twists and turns - I'll say no more :-)
The year is 2255. The academy that trained the starfarers is long gone and veteran star pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins …
In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, …
I was going to write *more of the same", but that wouldn't do justice to the book. Of course there is a certain amount of repetition if you have read recently, as have I, both his previous books. Whereas the first was concerned with the past and the second with the future, this one delves right into the present, and boy, he don't take no prisonners. Definitely a must read. Not necessarily an easy book, as he goes against a lot of "generally accepted" ideas, but scientific as ever, everything is documented. Very very very recommended.
I was going to write *more of the same", but that wouldn't do justice to the book. Of course there is a certain amount of repetition if you have read recently, as have I, both his previous books. Whereas the first was concerned with the past and the second with the future, this one delves right into the present, and boy, he don't take no prisonners. Definitely a must read. Not necessarily an easy book, as he goes against a lot of "generally accepted" ideas, but scientific as ever, everything is documented. Very very very recommended.
In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative …
June 1916. When a young woman is murdered in a darkened cinema, DI Harvey Marmion …
Nice - see previous one :-) Not a pulitzer but will afford a nice relaxing moment.
June 1916. When a young woman is murdered in a darkened cinema, DI Harvey Marmion and his partner Sergeant Joe …
Not bad at all, but the author is cheating. In any good thriller/murder, the reader should have the same clue as the detective, and here we don't.. So no chance to find whodunnit...
Not bad at all, but the author is cheating. In any good thriller/murder, the reader should have the same clue as the detective, and here we don't.. So no chance to find whodunnit...
Marie-Thérèse : cette belle jonque en ferait rêver plus d'un, Bernard Moitessier en est tombé …
Je sais qu'il s'agit d'un livre mythique, et donc je m'attends à ce que beaucoup ne soient pas d'accord, mais je trouve quand même que ce livre * d'une part s'adresse à des marins et qui plus est des marins de voiliers, et * d'autre part a beaucoup vieilli. De plus, c'est plus un manuel de bricolage et de navigation qu'autre chose. Alors entendons-nous bien: je suis marin et j'ai un voilier, donc c'est intéressant, même s'il n'y a plus beaucoup de voilier en bois de nos jours, mais je défie un non-marin de comprendre:
"Bien entendu, je me garderais de lancer mon bateau au plus près serré dans une mer dure, avec mes tangons se projetant de chaque côté, car cela augmenterait le fardage. Mais au vent de travers, pas de problème : il suffit de relever l'extrémité des tangons en étarquant la balancine, afin que le bout …
Je sais qu'il s'agit d'un livre mythique, et donc je m'attends à ce que beaucoup ne soient pas d'accord, mais je trouve quand même que ce livre * d'une part s'adresse à des marins et qui plus est des marins de voiliers, et * d'autre part a beaucoup vieilli. De plus, c'est plus un manuel de bricolage et de navigation qu'autre chose. Alors entendons-nous bien: je suis marin et j'ai un voilier, donc c'est intéressant, même s'il n'y a plus beaucoup de voilier en bois de nos jours, mais je défie un non-marin de comprendre:
"Bien entendu, je me garderais de lancer mon bateau au plus près serré dans une mer dure, avec mes tangons se projetant de chaque côté, car cela augmenterait le fardage. Mais au vent de travers, pas de problème : il suffit de relever l'extrémité des tangons en étarquant la balancine, afin que le bout de ces espars ne risque pas de traîner dans la mer pendant un coup de roulis."
Si cela vous parle, ce livre est pour vous !
Marie-Thérèse : cette belle jonque en ferait rêver plus d'un, Bernard Moitessier en est tombé amoureux. Une cantine métallique, un …
