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Practical philosophy
by: rogerco
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Carpe Diem Revisited
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on: 13 Sep 2025
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Billed as existentialism for our age it is full of good advice about how to live more fully in the world. ...
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Review of "Engine Summer"
by: rogerco
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Engine Summer
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on: 12 Sep 2025
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A strangely compelling read. Not quite sure what it means.
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Definately a good read
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Islands of Mercy
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on: 07 Aug 2025
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Quality writing evoking the context through a modern eye. ...
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Annoying but quite good
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Any Human Power
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on: 16 Jul 2025
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A bit overwritten and annoyingly perfect people in the main family and the last third degenerates into a boring election story, but some good stuff in there
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rating of "The List of Suspicious Things"
by: Roger CO
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The List of Suspicious Things
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on: 01 Jul 2025
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rating of "Exterminations"
by: Roger CO
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Exterminations
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on: 01 Jun 2025
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rating of "Number 9 Dream"
by: Roger CO
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Number 9 Dream
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on: 01 May 2025
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rating of "The Year of the Flood"
by: Roger CO
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The Year of the Flood
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on: 01 Apr 2025
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Review of "The HiddenTruth"
by: rogerco
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The HiddenTruth
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on: 01 Mar 2025
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Very enjoyable fast read with intriguing plot idea well executed. ...
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Surprisingly Enjoyable
by: rogerco
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An Officer and a Spy
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on: 12 Feb 2025
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Despite misgivings before never having read any Robert Harris but having a slightly negative impression of him this turned out to be quite a gripping read. ...
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Review of "Bleeding Heart Square"
by: rogerco
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Bleeding Heart Square
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on: 02 Feb 2025
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Enjoyable read with convincing setting. ...
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Ultimately Disappointing
by: rogerco
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Held
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on: 30 Jan 2025
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At first I was quite enjoying - the episodic literary writing style was starting to weave a coherent pattern, but then it all fell apoart in the last third as we lost sight of the core charaters and loads of other random people statrted appearing ...
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Variable quality, but interesting
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Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke
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on: 22 Jan 2025
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Took a long while to read. ...
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Starts well, fell off cliff at end
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Human Croquet
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on: 11 Dec 2024
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Poetic writing but random towards the end
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rating of "The Dark Forest"
by: Roger CO
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The Dark Forest
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on: 01 Nov 2024
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rating of "You Can't See Me"
by: Roger CO
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You Can't See Me
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on: 18 Sep 2024
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Classic excellent Kingsolver
by: rogerco
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Animal Dreams
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on: 16 Aug 2024
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Classic Kingsolver with themes that she continued to explore in many later books. A very engrossing story
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rating of "A Room Made of Leaves"
by: Roger CO
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on: 11 Jul 2024
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rating of "The Systems View of Life"
by: Roger CO
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The Systems View of Life
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on: 12 Jun 2024
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A dense slow read - it took me almost a year to finish - but well worth the effort.Up their with Goldsmith's The Way as an absolutely key text to understanding the world and our place in it.
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rating of "Reykjavik"
by: Roger CO
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Reykjavik
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on: 24 May 2024
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rating of "Light Over Liskeard"
by: Roger CO
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Light Over Liskeard
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on: 24 Apr 2024
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Review of "Fearsum Endjum"
by: rogerco
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on: 26 Mar 2024
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Written partly in a voice speaking misspelt english which takes a bit of decoding, but pretty good picture of the consequences of virtuality Set on earth long after most of humanity has left on interstellar exploration. ...
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An Enjoyable Romp
by: rogerco
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Shrines of Gaiety
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on: 18 Feb 2024
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An enjoyable romp through 1920's Soho clubland
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Emotionally Gripping
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Prophet Song
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on: 17 Jan 2024
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If I read a more powerful novel this year I'll me amazed.
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Another stunning american social-realist novel
by: rogerco
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Pigs in Heaven
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on: 30 Nov 2023
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Better than The Bean Trees, possibly one of her best.
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