developer in norway. i read mostly technical books, sci-fi and fantasy - for my own enjoyment of course. life is too short to finish a boring book.
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The first ever collection of Iain Banks’s short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella, …
banks is always excellent. I think I might have read this before, but it was certainly entertaining to go through it (again?)
a few short stories to get started before the main narrative. some of this is a little dated, but more in the sense that you can sense when he wrote it than it being out-of-date.
very good, and a fast read. lots of great tips.
You want increased customer satisfaction, faster development cycles, and less wasted work. Domain-driven design (DDD) …
so good. so very, very good.
Fitz has survived his first hazardous mission as king’s assassin, but is left little more …
turns out THIS is the second book, not assassin's quest. so, starting this now.
From an extraordinary new voice in fantasy comes the stunning conclusion to the Farseer trilogy, …
let's see where fitz goes :)
Assassin's Apprentice is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first book in …
very good. lots of internal viewpoint and deep characters. not so much "action", but very well written, if slightly meandering. in a good way.
With humankind reduced to a single colony on the world of Safehold, the human rulers …
not bothering with this anymore
Hver dag samles det inn enorme mengder informasjon om hvordan du lever.
Disse dataene eies …
hilde nagell går gjennom hva frihet er, den nordiske modellen, hvordan vår nye digitale verden i dag kan gå galt og godt og kommer med en rekke forslag for fremtiden.
en velskrevet, god og viktig bok!
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars.
Seconded to a military-religious …
i put down another book that i'd been getting more and more bored with reading - and this one is just so much more engaging!
the language is wonderfully evocative, the plots are intricate and fun, and there's just a joyful creativity and intelligence in this book so far.
really enjoying it!
i lost interest in this book and series.
it's a bewildering array of characters with very little impact on the world, and they all seem to be a bit flat.
except for the main protagonist (merlin) who's a just-so hero with magical abilities and knowledge about everything.
it was fun for a while, but never went anywhere interesting.
i'll give the third one a go - if it picks up this is going to be a lot of fun!
book 3 - here we go
I liked it. noe action than the first one, and a getting a bit more into it
why not start the next one?
With humankind reduced to a single colony on the world of Safehold, the human rulers …
fun and engaging at times, at other times it drags you into plots with s plethora of characters that seen to be named strangely just for the fun of it.
I enjoyed it, but it's probably not for everybody