CrashCourse
YouTube Channel
Tons of awesome courses in one awesome channel! Nicole Sweeney teaches you sociology, Carrie Anne...
The Knowledge
YouTube Channel
Welcome to The Knowledge The Channel’s Purpose is to entertain and educate people with the...
Doctor Who - Season 11
TV Season
The eleventh season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 15 December...
Under the Phone
Book
Everyone loves their phone, but when phones start connecting to people's brains, the effects...
Sci-fi Short Story science fiction
Maz, Origin
Book
Entering the witness relocation program after lawfully escaping a massive walled-in prison, teenage...
Science Fiction
Tactio Health: My Connected Health Logbook
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App
Tactio Health App helps you track and manage a wide range of health data from simple manual logging...
Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Developing Regional Innovation Environments: Summary of a Workshop
National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy and National Academ
Book
In October 2005, the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of...
ClareR (5674 KP) rated The End of Men in Books
Jun 8, 2021
This is told from multiple perspectives. There are mostly recurring characters, such as Dr Maclean, some scientists, the anthropologist, intelligence and government types, interspersed with ‘ordinary’ people who were also affected and lost friends and family. We see perspectives from all over the world. The voices of these people all seem so real: their pain, confusion and determination coming through in their own voices, as their stories are all told in journal form.
The End of Men had pretty much the same effect on me as World War Z: I was checking the news and the windows (just in case), completely preoccupied with the book whilst I was reading it, and I predictably experienced a stonking book-hangover when it ended.
This is science fiction for people who wouldn’t normally pick up science fiction (a bit like a gateway drug!). It reads like contemporary fiction - the here and now.
This novel had me on the edge of my seat and in tears - and a bit angry at times, truth be told. This doesn’t feel like you’re reading science-fiction, it has a tinge of the non-fiction about it. Perhaps that’s because of the times we’re living in...
Would I recommend it? You’d better believe I would!
Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity to Inspire Change
Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks
Book
A groundbreaking, scientific approach to creative thinking From entrepreneurs to teachers, engineers...
The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the Jennifer Aniston Neuron
Book
If we lose our memories, are we still ourselves? Is identity merely a collection of electrical...