optimist_prime rated 1984: 3 stars
George Orwell: 1984 (Hardcover, 2017, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
1984 by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
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optimist_prime rated The little prince: 5 stars
The little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who …
optimist_prime rated The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 5 stars
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy …
optimist_prime rated Fast Food Nation: 4 stars
Eric Schlosser: Fast Food Nation (Paperback, 2005, Harper Perennial)
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of …
optimist_prime rated Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 5 stars
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently, #1)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, first published in 1987. It …
optimist_prime rated Cod: 5 stars
Cod by Mark Kurlansky
Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been spurred by it, national diets have been founded on it, economies …
optimist_prime rated The Cyberiad: 5 stars
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
Stanislaw Lem is perhaps the most original and influential European science-fiction writer of the twentieth century.
The Cyberiad, one …
optimist_prime rated Coraline: 5 stars
Neil Gaiman: Coraline (2003)
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her …
optimist_prime rated Moon Is A Harsh Mistress: 5 stars
Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect …
optimist_prime rated The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: 4 stars
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and …
optimist_prime rated Sophie's World: 2 stars
Jostein Gaarder: Sophie's World (1995)
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Sophie's World (Norwegian: Sofies verden) is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows Sophie Amundsen, a Norwegian …
optimist_prime rated The Cyberiad: 5 stars
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem (A Continuum book)
OMG I can't believe there's no description for this - but then I can because this book defies description. Stanislaw …
optimist_prime rated Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul: 5 stars
Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently, #2)
Douglas Adams for those who may not be familiar with either him or his books writes rather tangentialy than linearly, …
optimist_prime rated Pirate Cinema: 5 stars
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (Duplicate)
In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and …
optimist_prime rated Little Brother: 5 stars
Cory Doctorow (Duplicate): Little Brother (2008, HarperCollins Publishers)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Duplicate)
Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time during a major terrorist …