The story of id software and the two Johns is already quite well known, and this book is great if you want more of that story. Really enjoyed listening to this. Side-note: if you want the nitty-gritty of Carmack's early (or later) rendering tech, you should look at youtube or articles elsewhere.
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Tavish started reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter is a science fiction thriller novel by American writer Blake Crouch, first published in the United States in …
Tavish started reading Stack computers : the new wave by Phil Koopman
Tavish wants to read 50 Years of Text Games by Aaron A. Reed
50 Years of Text Games by Aaron A. Reed
50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon is an extensively researched book chronicling the first half-century …
Tavish wants to read Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh (Foreigner (1))
Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh (Foreigner (1))
Humans stranded on an alien world. Accepted by the aliens, until suddenly it was war. Because when the aliens are …
Tavish reviewed Masters of Doom by David Kushner
“To my taste, the greatest American myth of cosmogenesis features the maladjusted, antisocial, genius teenage …
My review of "Masters of Doom"
4 stars
Tavish started reading Masters of Doom by David Kushner
Masters of Doom by David Kushner
“To my taste, the greatest American myth of cosmogenesis features the maladjusted, antisocial, genius teenage boy who, in the insular …
Tavish reviewed An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and …
My review of "An immense world"
5 stars
Loved listening to this as an audiobook. As a science book, it was really educational about what we know about the 'umwelt' of the creatures that we share the world with. More than that, it also talks about the effect humans have had on these that most of us don't realize.
Tavish finished reading An Immense World by Ed Yong
An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind …
Tavish started reading An Immense World by Ed Yong
An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind …
Tavish rated Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: 5 stars
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners in the world of video …
Tavish reviewed A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1)
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where …
Review of 'A Fire Upon The Deep' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
3.5/5 stars, I went in with really high expectations maybe.
It's a enjoyable space opera with two interlinked plots happening at the same time, one about a transcendent being taking over civilizations, and one about a 'medieval' one with psychic dogs and a crashed spaceship.
I have a theory about this book; for the first plot above, the author is actually writing about flame wars on internet bulletin boards, and IRC (relays, 'netsplits'), some people having dial-up and some having 'broadband'.
Tavish reviewed Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival …
Review of 'Children of Ruin' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
4.5/5 Not as good as the first novel, but still pretty good (given the first one is just excellent).