Day: August 15, 2008

Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 15/08/2008

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RT @SeanTrende: FWIW, I think Kennedy was probably 50-50 to retire before Trump fired Comey. Now I'd put it somewhere around -7,000% (+/-6… 6 hours ago
RT @thomaswright08: Here's the @ft's recommendation for All Measures Short of War in its summer books list ft.com/content/6cd904… https://… 6 hours ago
RT @sdp: tool used at #newsgeist applicable in all settings: arementalkingtoomuch.com 6 hours ago
RT @Nate_Cohn: Totally possible that the Dems will have won the House, Senate and Presidential popular vote by the end of '18, but won't co… 9 hours ago
RT @EconomistLake: Paragraphs don't get better than this. From The Economist's obituary of Helmut Kohl: https://t.co/FYeOKPcgXq 11 hours ago

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Really enjoyed this slice of sci-fi. Powerful sense of setting and character. Very clever use of multi-perspective but single mind characters to throw the reader into a new experience and to challenge the readers perceptions. Nice plot too, decent action and interesting philosophical questions raised to boot!

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

One of my all-time favourite first books of a series. This is epic in its vision and its scope, it is ambitious in it aims and smashes home with considerable forced. Reeve is to my mind one of the most underrated writers out there. The series weakens a little as it progresses, that I will allow, but Mortal Engines is a true classic that will stand the test of time and no doubt about it!

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Day: August 15, 2008

Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 15/08/2008