Scott Graham
Battle Royale on Mars, but better conceived with a cynical eye toward a rules driven caste society. The charsmatic central character is flawed but likeable, and that is key in this novel. The friends he makes he thinks are for life, but are more likely for a reason or for a season. The other two volumes in the trilogy will probably bear this out. I liked the book very much and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to lovers of sci-fi dystopian stories.
Battle Royale on Mars, but better conceived with a cynical eye toward a rules driven caste society. The charsmatic central character is flawed but likeable, and that is key in this novel. The friends he makes he thinks are for life, but are more likely for a reason or for a season. The other two volumes in the trilogy will probably bear this out. I liked the book very much and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to lovers of sci-fi dystopian stories.
An engaging account of the history, epidemiology, and difficulties around the fight to cure TB patients and eradicate the disease. John Green introduces us to a young TB patient in a woefully underfunded West African hospital with the local reputation of being where people go to die. This patient serves as a touchstone that the author repeatedly returns to, to put a name and a “face” to the fight to cure TB patients in poor countries, while educating us on the history, biology, and treatment (or non-treatment) of the disease. Mr. Green leaves the reader with hope in the fight, and with a cautionary warning about what the pursuit of ungodly profit over making eradication a goal may mean to the world as a whole. Mr. Green makes this account personal, but whether it resolves in a happy or sad way is up to you to discover by reading the book; there will be no spoilers here.
An engaging account of the history, epidemiology, and difficulties around the fight to cure TB patients and eradicate the disease. John Green introduces us to a young TB patient in a woefully underfunded West African hospital with the local reputation of being where people go to die. This patient serves as a touchstone that the author repeatedly returns to, to put a name and a “face” to the fight to cure TB patients in poor countries, while educating us on the history, biology, and treatment (or non-treatment) of the disease. Mr. Green leaves the reader with hope in the fight, and with a cautionary warning about what the pursuit of ungodly profit over making eradication a goal may mean to the world as a whole. Mr. Green makes this account personal, but whether it resolves in a happy or sad way is up to you to discover by reading the book; there will be no spoilers here.
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Like a first nations’ legend meets H.P. Lovecraft. The peril is never defined beyond the malignant influence exerted on the people trying to live in late 19th century wilderness Canada. It was an interesting ride, but the destination was a bit of an enigma - weird solely for the sake of being weird. Sometimes that’s good, but this book didn’t pull it off.
Like a first nations’ legend meets H.P. Lovecraft. The peril is never defined beyond the malignant influence exerted on the people trying to live in late 19th century wilderness Canada. It was an interesting ride, but the destination was a bit of an enigma - weird solely for the sake of being weird. Sometimes that’s good, but this book didn’t pull it off.
Like a first nations’ legend meets H.P. Lovecraft. The peril is never defined beyond the malignant influence exerted on the people trying to live in late 19th century wilderness Canada. It was an interesting ride, but the destination was a bit of an enigma - weird solely for the sake of being weird. Sometimes that’s good, but this book didn’t pull it off.
Like a first nations’ legend meets H.P. Lovecraft. The peril is never defined beyond the malignant influence exerted on the people trying to live in late 19th century wilderness Canada. It was an interesting ride, but the destination was a bit of an enigma - weird solely for the sake of being weird. Sometimes that’s good, but this book didn’t pull it off.