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Xander E rated Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak: 5 stars

No cover — Charlie Jane Anders: Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (2022, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders

Xander E rated Gideon the Ninth: 4 stars

Tamsyn Muir: Gideon the Ninth (Hardcover, 2019, Tordotcom)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off …

Xander E reviewed Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders (Unstoppable, #1)

Charlie Jane Anders: Victories Greater Than Death (Hardcover, 2021, Tor Teen)

“Just please, remember what I told you. Run. Don’t stop running for anything.”

Tina never …

Review of 'Victories Greater Than Death' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

One of my new favorites, with funny quips, deep characters that I quickly came to love, and a riveting story!

Xander E rated The Three-Body Problem: 5 stars

Cixin Liu, Ken Liu: The Three-Body Problem (2021, Head of Zeus, Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book)

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu

Cixin Liu's trilogy-opening novel about first contact with aliens and the clandestine struggle with them over Earth's future, and its …

Xander E rated The Tao of Physics: 5 stars

Fritjof Capra: The Tao of Physics (Paperback, 2000, Shambhala)

The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra

The Tao of Physics is a book about the relationship between physics and spirituality.

The book explores the parallels between …

Xander E rated Phenomena: 5 stars

Phenomena by Annie Jacobsen

For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, …

Xander E reviewed The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

Brian Greene: The Elegant Universe (Paperback, 2010, W. W. Norton & Company)

Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery …

Review of 'The Elegant Universe' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Beautifully written- I am currently a sophomore in high school whose father read this book years ago and has been waiting for me to reach an age where I could begin to understand it. I will admit that much of this book flew over my head before discussing it with my dad, but it was always written in ways that I could wrap my head around (to the highest extent one can wrap their mind around physics not explained by math).
Do I think this is the ultimate theory? Maybe not quite. Do I think that everything in this book is 100% true? No, there's certainly quite a bit that's not there and a lot of speculation and trust in things that haven't been proven (but I suppose religion got quite far there, so why not string theory?). Do I enjoy a good theoretical read? Absolutely. Is Brian Greene a …

Beautifully written- I am currently a sophomore in high school whose father read this book years ago and has been waiting for me to reach an age where I could begin to understand it. I will admit that much of this book flew over my head before discussing it with my dad, but it was always written in ways that I could wrap my head around (to the highest extent one can wrap their mind around physics not explained by math).
Do I think this is the ultimate theory? Maybe not quite. Do I think that everything in this book is 100% true? No, there's certainly quite a bit that's not there and a lot of speculation and trust in things that haven't been proven (but I suppose religion got quite far there, so why not string theory?). Do I enjoy a good theoretical read? Absolutely. Is Brian Greene a genius writer? 100%.
I recommend this to anyone who has someone to discuss the implications of the theories with (like when I came to the conclusion that everything is moving at light speed all at once because mass doesn't actually exist... wasn't quite right there but discussed it and got past it). Letting the contents of this book stew in our head may make you go crazy.