The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt My rating: 4 of 5 stars On the surface, it is the story of Poggio Bracciolini, a 15th century Italian scholar who uncovers one of the last remaining manuscripts of… Continue Reading
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough My rating: 4 of 5 stars My first audiobook! I chose a topic of which I had prior knowledge, but I was surprised how many new things I learned from McCullough’s account of the… Continue Reading
This is Part 1 of a six-part response to Visions, Ventures, and Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures, which is available for free from Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination thanks to a grant from NASA.… Continue Reading
Dune by Frank Herbert My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve come to this book later than most, and I’m so glad I did. I’ll start with the criticism. First let me acknowledge that, as a book published in 1965,… Continue Reading
The original “Bladerunner” was possibly my favorite science fiction movie for a long time. After seeing Bladeruner 2049 yesterday, I think the sequel has pushed the series back to the top of my estimation. Visually, this was one of the… Continue Reading