Now Starting: How Bad Are Bananas?

By Mike Berners-Lee (who is in fact the brother of Tim Berners-Lee, best known for inventing the internet).

I am a bit late in posting this (so back dating it), but I was very excited to start reading this (spoiler alert: it does not disappoint).

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Finished: Zendegi

It was good enough, but not one I would recommend. The books backdrop - a changing Iran - provided an interesting setting for the book. The two lead characters had lots of depth, and there were a couple of unexpectedly emotional bits that felt very real. Ironically, it was the technology - normally the most interesting aspect of Egan's books - that was lacking. The premise was "side loading" a specific humans behaviour into a template of a human brain. It was interesting to see this intermediate technology explored (i.e. on the way to, but not yet at, uploading human consciousness into a computer - a frequent occurrence in Egan's books). However, the story wanders around before simply stopping without really saying very much about it.

Finished: Sane New World

A mixed book - the mindfulness description (Ch 4) I thought was really good, as was the conclusion - a strong passionate case for why we all need to take more care of our thoughts. However, the books "jokes" are too frequent, and not funny. More often than not they are fat-phobic or racist.

Now Starting: The Subtle Knife

The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman. Re-reading this, in preparation for reading the second Book of Dust

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