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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36% complete! François has read 38 of 104 books.
"For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to …
The title is derived from General J. F. C. Fuller, military theorist, right-wing intellectual occultist, …
What can I say ?? I''ll never look at a TEAPOT in the same way....
What can I say ?? I''ll never look at a TEAPOT in the same way....
The title is derived from General J. F. C. Fuller, military theorist, right-wing intellectual occultist, and an associate of Aleister …
In this alternately chilling and hilarious sequel to The Atrocity Archives (2004) from Hugo-winner Stross, …
Read this book. It has the BEST DEFINITION of powerpoint ever. I rest my case @cstross@wandering.shop
Read this book. It has the BEST DEFINITION of powerpoint ever. I rest my case @cstross@wandering.shop
@xinit@mastodon.coffee not bad !
In this alternately chilling and hilarious sequel to The Atrocity Archives (2004) from Hugo-winner Stross, Bob Howard is a computer …
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up …
Very interesting and entertaining book. It is difficult to describe without spoiling the plot so I won't but I found it quite funny, and definitely looking forward to the #2 of the series from @cstross@wandering.shop
Very interesting and entertaining book. It is difficult to describe without spoiling the plot so I won't but I found it quite funny, and definitely looking forward to the #2 of the series from @cstross@wandering.shop
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he …
"Thanks to the new technology of imprinting, people in a near-future America can copy their …
This is a very interresting book. It starts as a roman noir, with the usual sleuth cliché, and then slowly turns into a science-fiction wiht a detour by some philosophy consideration. Very different from any other Brin I read so far, and therefore possibly the most interesting :-) Definitely recommended !!
"Thanks to the new technology of imprinting, people in a near-future America can copy their personalities into animated clay bodies …
Platero y yo es el libro más bello de la narrativa lírica contemporánea. Al leerlo …
Libro muy bien escrito en un español como ya no existe; libro viejo, claro, por lo cual se trata de una sociedad que ja no existe pero tambien probablemente por eso tiene este parfum de nostalgia... Disponible en Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9980
Platero y yo es el libro más bello de la narrativa lírica contemporánea. Al leerlo hoy, resulta clave y centro …
"The Jar" by Ray Bradbury is a short horror story about Charlie, a man who …
Nice little novel like Ray Bradbury knows how to do. Quite intriguing at the same time, and almost an horror story too...
"The Jar" by Ray Bradbury is a short horror story about Charlie, a man who buys a mysterious jar containing …
Extremely short story!!
