I think, therefore I am' - René Descartes 1596 - 1650
PrairyErth by William Least Heat-Moon I gave this book a rating: 3 of 5 stars on GoodReads.com. This is the review I posted there. I noted in a previous comment in GoodReads that William Least Heat...
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir My rating: 2 of 5 stars [Spoiler Alert]I’m not very impressed because it is yet another flaunting of the author’s science/tech knowledge with a very similar story arc to Weir’s...
UPDATE: My full review can be found on goodreads.com at http://bit.ly/2RcstVw . I’m slowly working through “A Pilgrimage to Eternity – From Canterbury to Rome in Search of Faith” by Timothy Egan. In chapter 8, “The...
Was reading an article recently about dialog communications and how texting has replaced talking in a lot of modern communication. (http://alistapart.com/article/conversational-design) It had an interesting diagram that displayed a time line of human communication going back...
Two interesting texts describe humanity from both ends of the spectrum. Wanderlust , a History of Walking by Rebecca Solnet. 2001 In the early chapters, Rebecca explores anthropological research regarding the role of bipedalism in the...
I chose this book because it is about Robert Louis Stevenson’s pilgrimage across southern France. I half expected a satire on the order of Don Quixote by Cervantes. Instead, this short book was part travelog and...
A sci-fi story idea that came to me while walking on Lancaster road recently. This story was Not selected for publication by dailysciencefiction.com . The flashing lights were the first sign of trouble. Not the emergency...