Will Sargent rated Accelerando: 3 stars
Accelerando by Charles Stross
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings …
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Will Sargent rated Harpist in the wind: 3 stars
Harpist in the wind by Patricia A. McKillip (Del Rey Fantasy)
In the midst of conflict and unrest the Prince of Hed solves the puzzle of his future when he learns …
Will Sargent rated "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": 5 stars
Will Sargent rated Orson Scott Card's Wyrms Tpb: 4 stars
Orson Scott Card's Wyrms Tpb by Orson Scott Card, Jake Black, Adriano Batista, and 1 other
Will Sargent rated Crystal express: 4 stars
Crystal express by Bruce Sterling
Cyberpunk and Beyond...
The literature of science fiction is, to employ the customary buzz word, the literature of "extrapolation," but …
Will Sargent rated The Elegant Universe: 5 stars
Will Sargent rated Awakenings: 4 stars
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
Describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel Hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug L-DOPA on …
Will Sargent rated Dark Lord of Derkholm: 3 stars
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating …
Will Sargent rated Castle in the Air: 4 stars
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones (Howl's Moving Castle, #2)
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a …
Will Sargent rated Le Napoléon de Notting Hill: 3 stars
Le Napoléon de Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton, Jean Florence
A witty and surreal novel of the future.
In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be …
Will Sargent rated Charmed Life: 4 stars
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (Chrestomanci (1))
Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomanci Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers …
Will Sargent rated The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature: 4 stars
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a best-selling 2002 book by the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, …
The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, Book 4) by Diana Wynne Jones (Chronicles of Chrestomanci)
PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: "Diana Wynne Jones's The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Nine Notes"; and our exclusive interview with Diana Wynne …
Will Sargent rated A Tale of Time City: 4 stars
A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones
In 1939 an eleven-year-old London girl is kidnapped to Time City, a place existing outside the stream of time and …
Will Sargent rated Fight Club: 5 stars
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. …