He's not the cautionary tale we deserve, but he's the one we need.
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Health services researcher and educator. You can usually find me in the forgotten parts of the web.
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Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod
Ben Harris-Roxas started reading The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies
The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies
Part-biography, part-political thriller, The Unaccountability Machine is a rousing exposé of how management failures lead organisations to make catastrophic errors. …
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed Judge Dredd by Kenneth Niemand
Mega-City One, 2143 AD. Home to over 160 million citizens, this urban hell is situated …
Return of the fascist Dredd
4 stars
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading Judge Dredd by Kenneth Niemand
Judge Dredd by Kenneth Niemand
Mega-City One, 2143 AD. Home to over 160 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of …
Ben Harris-Roxas started reading The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong …
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
That was a lot. I'll need time to process it.
Ben Harris-Roxas commented on How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
Content warning Slight allusions to general plot directions
What a strange book to be reading when a close family member dies. An extended rumination on loss and grief, from many perspectives. I found it almost too much to pick up again.
But suddenly a shift. New worlds may be possible. An interesting book.
Ben Harris-Roxas started reading How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed The Future by Naomi Alderman
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find …
Not for me
2 stars
Just didn't gel with this one. I think the pacing and characterisation is wasn't for me, but might be for you.
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Future by Naomi Alderman
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful …
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading Woody Guthrie by Nora Guthrie
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed Woody Guthrie by Nora Guthrie
Beautiful book
5 stars
A beautiful, soulful book. The ephemera included gave me a real sense of who Woody was as a person and what he stood for. A loving book about a genuine icon.
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4) by Frank Herbert
Fourth book in the Dune series. Takes place 3500 years after the events of the …
Yeah, that was as strange as I remember but also, soemhow, vastly more boring. The endless lectures!
Ben Harris-Roxas replied to Marek's status
@wildenstern@bookwyrm.social I also revisited this one recently after thirty years and I was surprised that it's genuinely good. An expected delight!