Sunday, July 26, 2026
READING: I just finished The Wager by David Grann, a nonfiction account of the 18th century wreck (and ensuing mutiny) of the HMS Wager. It took me a few tries to get into it: I’m not normally a nonfiction reader or someone who particularly cares about boats or stories where a bunch of dudes are fighting with each other, but Grann’s narrative is so gripping that I finished this up in two nights.
Monday, February 2, 2026
I finished Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky a while back. I can’t give a detailed review of it - or even a synopsis of the plot - without dropping spoilers, but it’s a good, meaty hard sci-fi book about evolution and terraformed planets and the drawbacks of being locked in a cryochamber for centuries, and other things. SECRET things. SPOILERY things. 📚 CoT won an Arthur C Clarke award. There’s a lot of big, expansive themes in the book that remind me of Clarke’s writing, so it makes sense.
Sunday, August 17, 2025
I read a lot, but I don’t usually do reviews. I’m trying to change that, because I’ve realized that writing out my actual thoughts on this stuff helps me understand the media I consume better. This will be as vague as possible to avoid spoilers.📚