reconbot finished reading The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow
It’s thirty years from now. We’re making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But …
It was worth the read. Fun at the end.
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reconbot finished reading Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there …
That was fun!
In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners …
Beautiful and heartbreaking and tragic
5 stars
A wonderfully written story about the adult years of growing up, on a backdrop of the intense creative processes of video game design. I want these games to be real. I want to feel the characters expression through their art.
There are books where it’s a novel situation played out through understandable and straightforward characters. And then there are books where you have no idea how someone can keep so many deep actors in their head, you wonder if they were real people. Each character with their own motivations, and perspective. Sometimes I cheered for them. Sometimes I hated them. Always I loved them.
In any case, it’s a beautiful story. Heartbreaking and tragic.
reconbot wants to read The Friendly Orange Glow by Brian Dear
At a time when Steve Jobs was only a teenager and Mark Zuckerberg wasn't even …
I found out about this from this wonderful thread on the history of terminals kolektiva.social/@beka_valentine/111133366986262583
reconbot stopped reading Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
Meadows’ Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem …
It’s not that complicated that we need a book about inputs and outputs… I mean maybe one does need this book if you haven’t yet groked this idea but..
reconbot rated Gender Queer: A Memoir: 4 stars
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Gender Queer: A Memoir is a 2019 graphic memoir written and illustrated by Maia Kobabe. It recounts Kobabe's journey from …
reconbot rated Red Team Blues: 4 stars
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. …
reconbot finished reading Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to …
Fun read
reconbot rated Catalyst Gate: 4 stars
reconbot reviewed Chaos Vector by Megan E. O'Keefe
Better than the first book
5 stars
Content warning Spoilers for book one
The end of book one started going deep into a lore for this universe that I did not begin to expect, this book doubles down on that and starts to paint a deep problem in the universe. One that’s going to be a lot of fun to discover. Can’t wait for the next one.
reconbot reviewed Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe
Velocity weapon keeps getting more interesting
4 stars
It's a fun adventure but the depth of the universe keeps increasing! I didn't even realize it was a slow burn, the flame just goes up really high!
reconbot finished reading Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe
What a twist! This was unexpenedently a slow burn. It kept getting more and more interesting and more and more of the universe unraveled showing it to be deeper and more interesting as the story went on. Even then, it's a wonderful "hardish" scifi novel. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
reconbot rated Velocity Weapon: 4 stars
reconbot stopped reading How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
It’s a good pitch for nuclear and intermittent green sources and a call for further innovation.
reconbot reviewed Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
A wonderful retelling of a fun story
4 stars
The previous book from the point of view of Zoe. Well told and a good reminder that you can excuse any retcon with teenagers not telling parents the whole truth.
In all seriousness it must have been written at the same time. Pages cut from the previous book perhaps. Which leads it to fit very well in the series.
Lots of fun and a good button to the series.