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Biological Clocks, Rhythms, and Oscillations: The Theory of Biological Timekeeping
Book
All areas of biology and medicine contain rhythms, and these behaviors are best understood through...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 in Books
Jul 28, 2017
Epic sci-fi with hints of existential philosophy
Dennis E Taylor hits legend status with We Are Bob, creating an entire universe based on essentially a godlike figure who happens to be a computer with the implanted memories and humanity of an ordinary man named Bob.
The character is hugely witty, intelligent and his former project management position makes the listener question is this how a higher being does it? Creating clones and minions of himself, Bob 1.0 delegates them to saves millions of civilians as earth is no longer a viable planet.
It's claustrophobic, creepy at times but mostly wonderfully engaging and humorous. Prepared to be confused by the various Bobs about.
The character is hugely witty, intelligent and his former project management position makes the listener question is this how a higher being does it? Creating clones and minions of himself, Bob 1.0 delegates them to saves millions of civilians as earth is no longer a viable planet.
It's claustrophobic, creepy at times but mostly wonderfully engaging and humorous. Prepared to be confused by the various Bobs about.
Andy K (10821 KP) rated Alien Resurrection (1997) in Movies
Jun 18, 2018 (Updated Jun 18, 2018)
Gets a bad wrap
Certainly a major step down from the first two which are obvious classics. Even a step down from Alien 3 which is also divisive, but pretty good film. The scene with the Ripley clones and some of the Alien stuff is pretty cool here, and not as bad as the film's reputation through the years. I've seen people compare to Superman IV which should be wiped off the face of the Earth as not nearly as bad as that. I would say I liked Prometheus better than Alien Resurrection, but for different reasons. It seemed like this film just didn't have enough energy and not enough fresh ideas.
David McK (3251 KP) rated Deathwish (Cal Leandros, #4) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
Fourth book in Rob(yn) Thurman's Cal Leandros series, I found this one to be both slower moving and harder to get into than the previous novels in the series.
This, I believe, is also the first book in which Thurman splits the narration between the two brothers: the problem with that being, as another reviewer rightly pointed out, that both brothers 'sound' exactly the same, meaning that (quite often) it's easy to get confused about who is narrating! Would have worked better if each of the brothers had their own tone more than they do, rather than sound like clones of each other (which they are emphatically described as being not) ...
This, I believe, is also the first book in which Thurman splits the narration between the two brothers: the problem with that being, as another reviewer rightly pointed out, that both brothers 'sound' exactly the same, meaning that (quite often) it's easy to get confused about who is narrating! Would have worked better if each of the brothers had their own tone more than they do, rather than sound like clones of each other (which they are emphatically described as being not) ...
Star Wars Omnibus: Quinlan Vos: Jedi in Darkness
Book
THE GALAXY WAS A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR A DEFENDER OF THE REPUBLIC... ...even before the start of...
You Can't Get Much Closer Than This: Combat with Company H, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division
Book
In 1943, Andrew Z. Adkins, Jr. joined the 80th Infantry Division, then undergoing its final training...
Carriages and Clocks, Corsets and Locks: The Rise and Fall of an Industrial City - New Haven, Connecticut
Marjorie B. Noyes and Preston Maynard
Book
In Carriages and Clocks, Corsets and Locks, the editors and contributors trace the rise and decline...