Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Very engaging book (subject matter &writing style). In a way I was racing to get to the last section to ready about where things were heading but the whole book is important and it all fits together well. I may have enjoyed Sapients more, but can easily recommend this one too.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A heavy read, but well-written, timely and poignant.
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I wasn’t sure I’d like this book or get in to it at all, but once I started I wound up getting caught up in it. I haven’t read SciFi in quite a while- well, not like this- but I got in to it as the story in itself is more of a pulp-style mystery. Almost like a SciFi noir. The mystery itself was good so that kept me engaged and the sci-fi aspects weren’t distracting, but well thought out ideas that added to the environment. I wound up really enjoying it.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
thoroughly enjoyed this one. very entertaining and right up my alley due to my love of this old stuff- arcade games, consoles, d&d, RUSH, etc… (or I’m in that demographic)
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
An engaging read. Bakewell helps paint the picture of how the philosophers were living at the time they came up with their theories and essays and works. The how helps with the why. I wish we had gone over more of this background when I was in college. At most we had quick snapshots of what the thinkers were doing at times in their lives. Bakewell’s book helps connect the dots for me.
I’d recommend the book if you’re in to the subject matter.