Flatland is a ‘Romance of Many Dimensions’ written by Edwin A. Abbot in 1884. It’s a tough book to categorize, but let’s say it’s a mathematician’s exploration of what life would mean if constrained to two-dimensional shapes....
‘I, Robot’ is Isaac Asimov’s go-to book about the future history of robots. ‘Watership Down’ is Richard Adams’ epic tale of how a brace of rabbits escaped the destruction of their warren, and hopped...
Today’s two books are masterstrokes. “The Fault in Our Stars” focuses on a pair of cancer kids, struggling to make their diseases not become the focus of their lives. “The Book of Human...
Fantasy. If there’s one thing that these two books drip, it is far flung ideas that define and rejoice in the strange. For “The Fulminate Blade”, the fantastic is a source of whimsy, and,...
Today’s Two Books are dominated by big thinkers. Few people haven’t heard of Jim Henson. He’s the driving force behind The Muppets in their various iterations. Likewise, it’s hard to call yourself a ‘comic...
I don’t need to give you a review of these two books. I’m quite sure that if you picked up a virtual rock on the internet and threw it, you’d hit someone with a...
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard When visiting my local library, I almost tossed this book away. This homage to U.S. President...
