Stories of grand engineering feats have been a common theme of mankind’s history. The Tower of Babel comes to mind. A tower to the heavens! How grand and ambitious. Also, consider the pyramids of Egypt or the standing stones of Stonehenge. These engineering marvels are all linked with a … Read more
I just finished reading the book Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. The book was released only a few weeks ago on May 4th, 2021. This is Weir’s third book. He is most known for his book The Martian, which was later adapted into the 2015 movie of the … Read more
When I was a junior in high school something wonderful happened. I read a book called Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It was one of my first experiences with science fiction. I had never read a book like this before. Every page was thrilling and stimulating. It was not … Read more
I’ve been reading a lot more science fiction lately. My goal is to read more of the “classics” of Science Fiction. Last month, I read Dune for the first time and was blown away (I uploaded a review of Dune on YouTube). After Dune, and two of its sequels, … Read more
I just finished reading a great book called The Gods Themselves. Isaac Asimov dedicates The Gods Themselves to mankind, and to the hope that the war against folly may someday be won after all. Asimov believed that mankind’s approach to environmental issues was skewed. In The Gods Themselves, we … Read more
Thrawn: Treason, the latest Timothy Zahn book to feature Grand Admiral Thrawn, will be released on July 23rd, 2019. But like most of the Star Wars universe, the book release date never matches the actual timeline of the story. So what are the actual Star Wars Thrawn books in … Read more