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Mark Crocker rated Scale: 4 stars
Mark Crocker finished reading Scale by Greg Egan
When electronics importer Cara Leon goes missing, private investigator Sam Mujrif is hired by her …
Mark Crocker stopped reading An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
I can only read this online since it's DRM'd and I have more tempting things on my reader. It's not going anywhere, so, maybe when I finish my other books, I'll have another look.
Mark Crocker started reading Scale by Greg Egan
When electronics importer Cara Leon goes missing, private investigator Sam Mujrif is hired by her …
I started reading Greg Egan's Scale last week and have been having a blast with all the, hmmm.... didn't think of that, moments.
Mark Crocker wants to read Scale by Greg Egan
When electronics importer Cara Leon goes missing, private investigator Sam Mujrif is hired by her …
Just released on www.smashwords.com/books/view/1305954 and author page www.gregegan.net/SCALE/SCALE.html seems interesting.
Mark Crocker wants to read Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie …
Haven't even bought a copy yet, but in the context of the #TwitterMeltdown , I keep hearing about it, so this is now on my "Want to Read" list.
Mark Crocker started reading Needle by Linda Nagata
“Tanjiri is not for you. You are not ready to encounter what exists there.”
So …
Thanks to a Mastodon post, mastodon.online/@LindaNagata/109486583265935430 , by @LindaNagata@mastodon.online I discovered that Needle had been published a while ago. Even though I have a watch set on ebooks.com . Apparently, it was on sale only in a few online book stores, but it is #DRMFree :smile:
Mark Crocker started reading An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
I accidentally bought a DRM encumbered book, but Kobo now allows reading it online, so I'm giving it a shot.
Mark Crocker wants to read Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean Carroll
I want to read this based on an interesting review on #NPR, but it seems to be #DRM encumbered. See: <a href="https://indieweb.social/indieweb.social/ href="https://books.mxhdr.net/user/mcrocker">@mcrocker/109378085251568798
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Noisy Deadlines reviewed A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
Feels like a warm embrace
5 stars
This novella felt like a warm embrace. It's cozy, cute and light. A traveling tea monk exploring the world coming in contact with a conscious robot. Robots were long forgotten by humanity, having fled to the wilderness to live their own lives. I loved the discussions about life purpose and consciousness. It made me want to continue reading the next one.
Mark Crocker rated Old Man's War: 4 stars
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
Mark Crocker rated Unlocked: 3 stars
Unlocked by John Scalzi
Not long from now, a virus will sweep the globe. Most will suffer no worse than flu-like symptoms, but an …
Mark Crocker rated Echopraxia: 5 stars
Echopraxia by Peter Watts
A follow-up to the Hugo Award-nominated Blindsight, Echopraxia is set in a 22nd-century world transformed by scientific evangelicals, supernatural beings …
Mark Crocker rated Echopraxia: 5 stars
Echopraxia by Peter Watts
A follow-up to the Hugo Award-nominated Blindsight, Echopraxia is set in a 22nd-century world transformed by scientific evangelicals, supernatural beings …