The Circuit: Executor Rising by Rhett C. Bruno
Humanity is clinging on throughout the solar system after a cataclysmic collapse of Earth. But the story has little to do with humanity’s fragility. Instead we’re focused on one man’s vendetta against humanity’s continued existence.
He’s kind of a mustache-twirling cartoon villain.
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
The classic science fiction story of a man who finds a way to turn himself invisible through a series of bio-chemical reactions. Unfortunately, it also drives him mad.
The Curiosity Cycle by Jonathan Mugan
Theoretically a discussion about how to inspire curiosity in your children. But it feels mostly like a bunch of blog posts smashed into a book. A disappointing lack of serious research analysis and more of “here are ideas I like.”
Recoding America by Jennifer Pahlka
This was a book group pick for work. Was not originally expecting to see Mike show up so much in it.
Long story short, government bodies fail at technological implementation because they’re structured to operate in a 19th century world and actual implementation of policy is considered an annoying detail that politicians don’t want to be bothered with worrying about.
It doesn’t have to be this way. But it currently is. I see a lot of the same organizational faults at the Lab and it’s supremely frustrating.
Whiteout by Ken Follett
It’s Christmas and trouble is brewing for a BSL-4 laboratory in Scotland housing some of the world’s most dangerous pathogens.
Meanwhile a monster of a snowstorm descends upon the region and everything gets more complicated.
