What if? by Randall Munroe
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, …
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puercomal rated Deadly kingdom: 3 stars
Deadly kingdom by Gordon Grice
Describes the author's life-long obsession with dangerous animals that prompted his amateur studies with virtually all dangerous creatures, from sharks …
puercomal rated Science...For Her!: 3 stars
puercomal rated The Name of the Wind: 3 stars
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicles, #1)
"The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan …
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …
puercomal rated Fuzzy Nation: 4 stars
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn't care to talk about. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorp's headquarters on planet, …
puercomal rated Pump Six and Other Stories: 4 stars
puercomal rated Space Viking: 3 stars
Space Viking by H. Beam Piper
When his wife is murdered on his wedding day, Lucas Trask launches himself on a quest for revenge. Using his …
puercomal rated The Lifecycle of Software Objects: 2 stars
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
What’s the best way to create artificial intelligence? In 1950, Alan Turing wrote, “Many people think that a very abstract …
puercomal rated Pushing Ice: 5 stars
puercomal rated Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1): 5 stars
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) by Alastair Reynolds
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space …
