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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 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 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 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 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 Animal Farm: 3 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals …
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 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 …
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 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 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 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 Redshirts: 5 stars
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …