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Is this Wi-fi Organic? Dave Farina **** 4 December 2024 - Not the fun debunk I expected, but instead a very effective introduction to chemistry, biochemistry and energy/quantum to help counter pseudoscience claims.
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Tribal: Michael Morris **** 21 November 2024 - Genuinely interesting on the cultural ties that can either divide or unite us, though frustrating it never acknowledges the replication crisis.
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The Little Book of Weather: Adam Scaife *** 13 November 2024 - Plenty of interesting material on the weather in this pocket-sized book, but let down on the design which has crammed full-sized illustrated pages into this format, resulting in tiny text.
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The Laughing Robot: Julia Ross *** 27 November 2024 - A genuinely interesting novel about the difficulties of getting old with the current care system, overlaid with wildly anachronistic take on what robots and autonomous vehicles are like.
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days: Alastair Reynolds *** 14 October 2024 - A pair of Revelation Space novellas - probably the weakest of Reynolds' books, particularly let down by Diamond Dogs which combines an implausible plot with bad maths.
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The Circumference of the World: Lavie Tidhar ***** 16 October 2024 - A kaleidoscopic piece of science fiction delight mixing golden age authors, a mysterious book, a potentially unreal existence and more. Remarkable.
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