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Raconteur, bon-vivant, man-about-town. Book nerd.

Mostly just keeping track of what I've been reading for myself, but always interested in what like-minded souls enjoy when I stumble across their online traces.

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Rogue Protocol (2018) 4 stars

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris …

The one with Miki

4 stars

Engaging, moved along well. The series is starting to feel a little formulaic but I'll read the next one. The exploration of different aspects of "what does it mean to be a bot" is compelling, Miki is a great character.

All Systems Red (EBook, 2017, Tor.com) 5 stars

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …

Engaging, unique

5 stars

I am reminded of one comment I read some time ago from somebody talking about machine intelligence - tehy weren't so much interested in what art a machine would make for humans, but what they would make for one another. To some extent, this series explores that.

reviewed Mythos by Stephen Fry

Mythos (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Penguin) 4 stars

A fun retelling of the Greek Myths

4 stars

First half was great, second half was more familiar so I wasn't as thrilled by the retelling, having already heard it in so many voices. Still, Fry is witty and thorough; he does for Greek mythology what Gaiman did for Norse.