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John

Joined 9 months, 4 weeks ago

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Just a guy floating around the fediverse, hoping to read some fun stuff along the way. Check out my mastodon too: @cd24@sfba.social

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John's books

Currently Reading

Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem (Hardcover, 2014, Tor Books)

Alastair Reynolds: Century Rain (Paperback, Orbit)

2024 Reading Goal

50% complete! John has read 5 of 10 books.

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John wants to read Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Mary Roach: Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003)

Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

John wants to read The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Lee Miye

Lee Miye: The Dallergut Dream Department Store (2020)

The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Lee Miye

John wants to read Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

Mariana Enríquez: Our Share of Night (Hardcover, 2022, Granta Books)

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

His father could find what was lost. His father knew when someone was going to die. His father had talked …

John started reading Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds

Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds

"Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist …

John started reading The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)

Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …

John rated Rhythm of War: 5 stars

Brandon Sanderson: Rhythm of War (2020, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #4)

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York …

John finished reading Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #4)

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #4)

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York …

John wants to read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed (Hardcover, 1974, Harper & Row)

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)

The Dispossessed (in later printings titled The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by American …

John rated My Government Means to Kill Me: 4 stars

Rasheed Newson: My Government Means to Kill Me (2023, Flatiron Books)

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

John finished reading My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

John finished reading Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas

Anand Giridharadas: Winners Take All (Hardcover, 2018, Knopf)

Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas

John reviewed Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas

A longwinded telling of false win-wins the elite believe.

3 stars

Content warning Discusses the book as a whole

This is a fine exploration of some of the false win-win mentality for extractive technology, but I suspect this could've been effectively written as an article instead of a book and still been effective at getting the point across.

I believe they discuss a real and meaningful issue, I just don't know if they needed so many words to do so!

John commented on Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas

The author follows a repetitious pattern of proving restating the point. The author lays out a philosophy of organizing that is all too familiar. I have peers and acquaintances that are stuck in Market World thinking, and I'm hopeful the end of the book offers some insight into how to guide folks away from that pattern of thinking