Mignon rated Parable of the talents: 4 stars
Parable of the talents by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents celebrates the usual Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, and …
User Profile
This link opens in a pop-up window
Mignon's books
User Activity
RSS feed Back
Mignon rated The Way of the Cell: 4 stars
The Way of the Cell by Franklin M. Harold
"What is life? Fifty years after physicist Erwin Schrodinger posed this question in his celebrated and inspiring book, the answer …
Genesis. by Poul Anderson
Artificial intelligence has been developed to a point where a human personality can be uploaded into a computer, achieving a …
Mignon rated The Signal and the Noise: 4 stars
The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became …
Mignon rated The life you can save: 4 stars
Peter Singer: The life you can save (2009, Random House)
The life you can save by Peter Singer
This is the right time to ask yourself: "What should I be doing to help?"For the first time in history, …
Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh
From back cover Warner paperback February 1989:
ARIANE EMORY IS DEAD. BUT NOT FOR LONG. WHERE IS ARIANE?
For fifty …
Mignon rated Final Diagnosis: 4 stars
Mignon rated The Information: 4 stars
The Information by James Gleick
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood begins with the tale of colonial European explorers and their fascination with …
Mignon rated The Seeds Of Aril: 4 stars
Mignon rated How things work: 3 stars
Mignon rated Parable of the Sower: 4 stars
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
Mignon rated Mars crossing: 3 stars
Mars crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has finally landed men on Mars-only to watch helplessly as the first …
Mignon rated Star Maker: 3 stars
Olaf Stapledon: Star Maker (Paperback, 1979, Methuen)
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon (Magnum Books)
After reading "Last and First Men", I approached Olaf's next masterpiece, "Star Maker" ( first published in 1937), with some …