It’d been a while since I read some classic science fiction, so I just finished up Arthur C. Clarke‘s ‘humanity’s first encounter’ work from the […] Read More
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It’s always good when you happen upon a book series by an author you don’t know, and it turns out to be very decent indeed […] Read More
I’ve never been one for massive reviews of the year just gone by – it always seemed somewhat redundant if not impossible to squeeze 365 […] Read More
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It’s been a while since I added anything here on the Bookshelf, though rest assured, I’m always reading something! In fact, I’ve just finished reading […] Read More
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Out of all the tweets, blog posts, Facebook updates and everything in between, which flew around in the initial couple of weeks following the beginning […] Read More
From the bookshelf: The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson, or to give it it’s full name “The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer”. […] Read More
This is another debut novel – that’s two in a row – but this is in stark contrast to the tech thriller which was Daemon. […] Read More
Next up from the electronic bookshelf: Daemon. It’s been a while since I read a tech thriller, set just a little in the future. This […] Read More
Next up on the (audio) bookshelf: Rework. This is, perhaps, another unconventional business book, taking the passionate elements like ‘Crush it!’ but more tech business based, […] Read More
From the bookshelf: “Crush It!” is by entrepreneur, wine evangelist and now social media consultant, Gary Vaynerchuck. I was trying to think of how I […] Read More