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This is a collection of short stories by Iain M. Banks: Road of Skulls, A Gift from the Culture, and Descendant are all well-written, introduce interesting conce...

I’m a bit torn on this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed the story of how Captain Abrashoff transformed the USS Benfold from one of the worst to one of the best pe...

The good Interesting, unique, deep characters. Fun new fantasy world. An intriguing plot. The not so good The plot is intrig...

(I did not write up a text review or notes on this book).

(I did not write up a text review or notes on this book).

The good A few interesting autobiographical tales from Italy during World War Two. It was a unique glimpse into what it was like to grow up as a teenager duri...

The good A lot of the good parts from the first book carry on in this one: Humanity surviving in the Moscow metro after nuclear war continues to be a fascina...

Did not finish. I made it through 5 of the short stories and didn’t have much desire to read the rest. It’s not that they were bad; it’s more that they didn’t sta...

Thoroughly enjoyable Sci Fi read. Interesting new universe, imaginative bio-technology, unpredictable plot, and interesting characters.

A worthwhile read on how to build tech products, with some good insights. It does take a bit of work to figure out those insights. The book is broken down into 6...