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93 reviews

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

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4.75

Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics by Betsy Devine, Frank Wilczek

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challenging informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.5

Very well explained, although a bit of a period piece. 
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

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5.0

Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia

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4.25

The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

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4.0

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

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1.0

Sucks. A lot of broad strokes with little to back it up. Also, very Eurocentric, and the author did not examine many of his own beliefs. 
The City & the City by China Miéville

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5.0

Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel

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dark hopeful sad

4.25

The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

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dark hopeful reflective

5.0

Moving and profound. It’s interesting to read looking back at the contemporary issues LeGuin is writing from—namely the Vietnam War and the nascent environmentalist movement. This is a really clear picture of how science fiction is written in the context of history, which I thought was interesting. 
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

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adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

Really enjoyed this. I suspect that reading the first book in the series first might have helped (supposedly this is the second in a series) but this was just a lot of fun. Hilarious, adventurous, and real.