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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7% complete! François has read 8 of 104 books.
Entertaining but hardly comprehensive, this study offers a somewhat European angle on the "technological counterculture." The authors draw on interviews …
The novel tells the story of a physician trying to make his way deep into the jungle to a secluded …
In contrast to Ballard's earlier novel The Drowned World, The Burning World describes a world …
"The drowned world" is a book I have read several times, in several languages. Just like "The Martian chronicles", it symbolizes for me the "fin de siècle", end of an era, feeling that, being old, I can't help feeling sometimes. So when I discovered that Ballard had written a trilogy of "world", I had to read the others. "The Burning world", as far as I am concerned, is a variation on a theme. Much of the mood is very similar to the drowned world; it almost seems like an episode in a series. Not bad at all, but afaic, it doesn't rise to "The Drowned world".
"The drowned world" is a book I have read several times, in several languages. Just like "The Martian chronicles", it symbolizes for me the "fin de siècle", end of an era, feeling that, being old, I can't help feeling sometimes. So when I discovered that Ballard had written a trilogy of "world", I had to read the others. "The Burning world", as far as I am concerned, is a variation on a theme. Much of the mood is very similar to the drowned world; it almost seems like an episode in a series. Not bad at all, but afaic, it doesn't rise to "The Drowned world".
In contrast to Ballard's earlier novel The Drowned World, The Burning World describes a world in which water is scarce. …
Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life …
Well, that's a chapter closed. Not too sure about this one - it does wrap up, but not entirely satisfied for some reason. Feels a bit like cheap trick. Maybe I just read too many of those in too short a time and they become kind of predictable. Makes for an entertain reading all the same.
Well, that's a chapter closed. Not too sure about this one - it does wrap up, but not entirely satisfied for some reason. Feels a bit like cheap trick. Maybe I just read too many of those in too short a time and they become kind of predictable. Makes for an entertain reading all the same.
Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life – but she is betrayed …
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits …
Gibson is the first thing that springs to mind. The first part of the book is breathtaking - loads of things to take in as the new world unfolds around you. After it slows down, and winds up to a logical conclusion. Very nice - a bit heavy at times. The book has received many sci-fi awards and is available for free amongst other places here www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-intro.html . Definitely a good read, even if I didn't enjoy the third part as much as the first 2.
Gibson is the first thing that springs to mind. The first part of the book is breathtaking - loads of things to take in as the new world unfolds around you. After it slows down, and winds up to a logical conclusion. Very nice - a bit heavy at times. The book has received many sci-fi awards and is available for free amongst other places here www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-intro.html . Definitely a good read, even if I didn't enjoy the third part as much as the first 2.
This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein’s general relativity, quantum …
Most excellent. If you are mildly interrested in sciences, this is a must. The assumed starting level is zero and it will take you by the hand up a gentle slope. If you are a scientist, it may be a bit simple, but you might learn things outside your field as in brushes around physics, cosmology, and even philosophy. Definitely recommended.
Most excellent. If you are mildly interrested in sciences, this is a must. The assumed starting level is zero and it will take you by the hand up a gentle slope. If you are a scientist, it may be a bit simple, but you might learn things outside your field as in brushes around physics, cosmology, and even philosophy. Definitely recommended.
This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein’s general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black …
This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein’s general relativity, quantum …
Most excellent. If you are mildly interrested in sciences, this is a must. The assumed starting level is zero and it will take you by the hand up a gentle slope. If you are a scientist, it may be a bit simple, but you might learn things outside your field as in brushes around physics, cosmology, and even philosophy. Definitely recommended.
Most excellent. If you are mildly interrested in sciences, this is a must. The assumed starting level is zero and it will take you by the hand up a gentle slope. If you are a scientist, it may be a bit simple, but you might learn things outside your field as in brushes around physics, cosmology, and even philosophy. Definitely recommended.
This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein’s general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black …
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings …
Astoundingly, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins: New York …
crazier and crazier -another cliff hanger. can-t wait to see how they get out of that one...
Astoundingly, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins: New York City in the late 1800s. …
On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305—Portland to Seattle—with …
Well, I thought the previous one was pretty crazy, but this one manages to top it up. In a way I like it because it gets funnier - the banter between the 2 agents is quite amusing.
