Ian Slinger rated Wang's Carpets: 2 stars
Wang's Carpets by Greg Egan (Mammoth Books)
Far in the distant, post-human future, the Cater-Zimmermann community set out to refute the theory that the universe is created …
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Ian Slinger rated Fooled by Randomness: 3 stars
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what …
Ian Slinger rated Tubes: Behind the Scenes at the Internet: 2 stars
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick
If they were a hall of fame or shame for computer hackers, a Kevin Mitnick plaque would be mounted the …
Ian Slinger rated Snow Crash: 3 stars
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …
Ian Slinger rated Seeing voices: 3 stars
Ian Slinger rated Awakenings: 3 stars
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
This is the extraordinary account of a group of 20 patients, survivors of the great sleeping-sickness epidemic which swept the …
Ian Slinger rated The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less: 4 stars
Ian Slinger rated Bottlemania: 3 stars
Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte
Only now, with the bottled water industry trading in billions of dollars, have we begun to question the environmental and …
