Joshua Byrd reviewed Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the …
Review of 'Moby-Dick' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The greatest book in history.
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Joshua Byrd rated Pale Blue Dot: 5 stars
Joshua Byrd rated Entangled Life: 4 stars
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on …
Joshua Byrd rated V for Vendetta: 4 stars
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, Alan Moore, David Lloyd
"Good evening, London." It's nine o'clock and this is The Voice of Fate... It is the Fifth of the Eleventh, …
Review of 'We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Powered through this. One of the most important and brilliant books ever written.
Joshua Byrd reviewed Pandora's Lab by Paul A. Offit
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction? History is …
Review of "Pandora's lab" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I read this a while ago, but only just got around to updating it on here. This was a really interesting look at how technology shapes our life and world and about how sometimes we can't put that technology back in the box!
Joshua Byrd reviewed Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
Killing Commendatore (Japanese: 騎士団長殺し, Hepburn: Kishidanchō-goroshi) is a 2017 novel written by Japanese writer Haruki …
Review of 'Killing Commendatore' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Other-worldly.
Review of 'Kill all normies : the online culture wars from Tumblr and 4chan to the alt-right and Trump' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Pretty interesting.
Joshua Byrd rated Hiding in Plain Sight: 5 stars
Joshua Byrd reviewed 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Author Ben Mears returns to ‘Salem's Lot to write a book about a house that …
Review of "'Salem's Lot" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This was my first Stephen King book and I think I expected more. It was OK!
Joshua Byrd rated The Handmaid's Tale: 4 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale is a radical departure for Margaret Atwood. Set in the near future, in a locale that oddly …
Joshua Byrd rated Black Hole: 5 stars
Black Hole by Charles Burns
The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s …
Joshua Byrd rated The Klingon dictionary.: 5 stars
Joshua Byrd rated Chaos: Making a New Science: 5 stars
Chaos: Making a New Science (1988)
Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
Chaos: Making a New Science is a debut non-fiction book by James Gleick that initially introduced the principles and early …
Joshua Byrd rated The Elegant Universe: 5 stars
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene published …