optimist_prime rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
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optimist_prime rated The Lord of the Rings: 4 stars
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Originally published from 1954 through 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien's richly complex series ushered in a new age of epic adventure storytelling. …
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 Pirate Cinema: 5 stars
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
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 Mostly Harmless: 4 stars
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)
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 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 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 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 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 …
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 Neil Gaiman American Gods 5 Books Collection Set: 5 stars
optimist_prime rated The Hobbit: 4 stars
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Hobbit (2002)
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It …
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 Green Mars (Mars Trilogy): 5 stars
Green Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of …