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(via Goodreads | Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations by Nicholas Carr — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

#Political Science #Cultural Anthropology #Utopianism #Psychology #Sociology #Non-Fiction #21st century

(via Goodreads | David Wellhauser (Daegu, Gwangyeoksi, Korea, Republic of)’s review of The Art of Fiction)

#Book Review #Review #Literature #Literary Studies #20th century #Writing

(via Goodreads | The Art of Fiction by David Lodge — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

#Am Reading #Reading #Literary Studies #Writing #Academic #Non-Fiction #Britain

(via Goodreads | David Wellhauser (Daegu, Gwangyeoksi, Korea, Republic of)’s review of The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences)

Only for the postmodernists with a high tolerance for Foucault and his by-blows

#Cultural Marxism #Frankfurt School #Critical Theory #Sociology #Foucault #History #Marxism #Myth #Narrative #Gnostic Dementia #Book Review #Review

(via Goodreads | The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences by Jason A. Josephson-Storm — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

Examines how disenchantment in the West has not taken place

#Myth #Academic #Religion #Postmodernism #Post-Structuralism #critical theory #Sociology #Philosophy

(via Goodreads | David Wellhauser (Daegu, Gwangyeoksi, Korea, Republic of)’s review of The Ocean of Churn)

A competent history of the Indian Ocean

#History #World History #Non-Fiction #Indian Ocean

(via Goodreads | Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

#Am Reading #Reading #Science Fiction #Fiction #Star Wars #Sith #21st Century

(via Goodreads | David Wellhauser (Daegu, Gwangyeoksi, Korea, Republic of)’s review of Dynasty of Evil)

Solid conclusion to a good series....

#Book Review #Review #Science Fiction #Star Wars #Old Republic #Sith #Rule of Two #Genre #Genre Fiction

(via Goodreads | The Ocean of Churn by Sanjeev Sanyal — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

#Am Reading #Reading #Non-Fiction #History #World History

(via Goodreads | The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

It is probably overrated given that the book is compared to the work of Cormac McCarthy but the premise is worth a look

#Fiction #Genre #Genre Bending #Western #Speculative #Psychological Fiction

(via Goodreads | Dynasty of Evil (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #3) by Drew Karpyshyn — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

The last in the Bane series

#Am Reading #Reading #Science Fiction #Star Wars #The Old Republic #Fiction #Genre

(via Goodreads | Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

#Social Science #Am Reading #Reading #Non-Fiction #Academic #Business

(via Goodreads | Afterlife by Marcus Sakey — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

Supposedly Ghost meets The Matrix....

#Fiction #Supernatural #Genre Fiction #Action #Adventure #Am Reading #Reading

(via Goodreads | David Wellhauser (Daegu, Gwangyeoksi, Korea, Republic of)’s review of Energy and Civilization: A History)

On the origins of civilization, but in this case, it is concerned with energy rather than religion, agriculture, or writing

#Academic #History #Science #Anthropology #Civilization #non-fiction #Engergy

(via Goodreads | David Wellhauser (Daegu, Gwangyeoksi, Korea, Republic of)’s review of Rule of Two)

Enjoyable addition to the Old Republic mythos in the Star Wars universe

#Fiction #Star Wars #Science Fiction #21st Century

(via Goodreads | Writing into the Dark: How to Write a Novel without an Outline by Dean Wesley Smith — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

One of the few books on creative writing that is worth the time.

#Writing #Fiction #Non-Fiction #21st Century

(via Goodreads | Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #2) by Drew Karpyshyn — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists)

#Am Reading #Reading #Science Fiction #Fiction #Adventure #Action #21st Century

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