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John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood: How the sci-fi classic flopped at the box office but continues to inspire fans and filmmakers by Michael D. Sellers

John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood: How the sci-fi classic flopped at the box office but continues to inspire fans and filmmakers

Michael D. Sellers

370 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
nonfiction business adventurous slow-paced
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929–1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction by Robert Silverberg

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929–1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame #1

Robert Silverberg

576 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
fiction science fiction short stories informative medium-paced
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright

Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

Evan Wright

384 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
Drawing Blood: Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America by Keith Wailoo

Drawing Blood: Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America

Keith Wailoo

304 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
history challenging informative slow-paced
Prescribing by Numbers: Drugs and the Definition of Disease by Jeremy A. Greene

Prescribing by Numbers: Drugs and the Definition of Disease

Jeremy A. Greene

336 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Second Variety by Philip K. Dick

Second Variety

Philip K. Dick

46 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
fiction science fiction short stories adventurous reflective fast-paced
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

Carpe Jugulum

Discworld #23

Terry Pratchett

296 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
fiction fantasy adventurous funny medium-paced
Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet by Finn Brunton

Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet

Infrastructures

Finn Brunton

270 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
nonfiction history technology adventurous informative slow-paced
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

Robert Coram

504 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
Up Front by Bill Mauldin

Up Front

Bill Mauldin

228 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0mburnamfink's review
nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced