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[Book] Quantum night (by Robert J. Sawyer): Radical categorization of people Title: Quantum nightAuthor: Robert J. Sawyer This is a book review about the book I have not read. Right, I didn't read it. I listened to it. I borrowed an audiobook from the local library which consists of 10 CDs and listened to it while I was driving. It took about 3 weeks to complete listening. The feeling of listeni..

[Book] The adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson: What is identity? Title: The adoration of Jenna Fox Author: Mary E. Pearson I read this book for a book club meeting. Fortunately, I could borrow its ebook copy from the local library as shown in the picture above. Before having the book club, I'd like to make a note for myself to summarise the story and to make a note of questions and commen..

[Book] The Stars, Like Dust - Isaac Asimov: Spherical Coordinate System Title: The Stars, Like Dust Author: Isaac Asimov Year: 1951 1. Introduction It seems like this book has been published just before the famous Foundation Trilogy which has commenced being published in 1951. Some of ideas used in The Stars, Like Dust are adopted into the Foundation Series in a more developed fashion. It is bas..

[Book] Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov: Did the Seldon's plan work? Alright, the last of the three posts about the Foundation Trilogy. You can find the previous two here. (1st, 2nd) I've read it already about 4 weeks before, so it was a little hard to refresh the memory. So I read the very last section of the book one more time, which gave me some ideas what was the whole story about. (Spoiler ..

[Book] Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov: Who's the Mule? Once I have written a review of Foundation series by Isaac Asimov (here). Now as I have finally completed reading the trilogy - Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation - I am writing one more time (in two different posts) how I find the books. So this article is about the second one in the trilogy, Foundation and Empir..