Wendy X.

John Galt on the Moon

Revisado: 08-24-20

Libertarians somehow learn to cooperate enough to build spaceships and flee to the moon, where they establish a colony independent of Earth governments. Of course, some of the contradictions and shortcomings of libertarianism manifest themselves, although the author seems to prefer those problems to the problems of our current governments.

It's an engaging story, well written, and fun. The first book (and maybe all of them) end with a cliff-hanger, so be prepared to be unsatisfied until you get the next book.

Spaceships, romance, stupid college kids, talking dogs - what more could a fan want?

If you like the SF genre, you will almost certainly like this series.

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More Psycho-babble

Revisado: 01-19-20

Another book claiming that the universe has intention, that people are "frequencies," (whatever that means), and that objects only exist when we look at them. This has already been done, and it wasn't true then, either.

It's read too fast, with many stumbles, making it even more unpleasant to listen to.

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Juvenile

Revisado: 01-05-20

The main characters are two air-headed teen girls who never say a smart thing. The dialog is boring and uninspired. The plot, such as it is, seems incidental to the book. The idea that there is a hidden world full of magic right nearby is intriguing, but it isn't very well developed. It never feels real.

I get the feeling the authors got paid by the swear word.

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Not What I Expected

Revisado: 01-02-20

I thought this would be dry but informative. It turned out to be a great and inspiring story, taking the listener on a ride through the twists and turns of the growth and awareness of several people. It reads more like fiction, with plot twists, character development, and a new experience always just around the corner. The narrator really brought it to life.

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A Long, Very Long, Sermon

Revisado: 02-10-19

It started out OK, with some interesting stories and aphorisms about how to organize your life, but bogged down when it became a turgid religious tract. He talks a great deal about "God," (which he pronounces, "gawd" - I don't know, maybe it's a Canadian thing), but never defines the concept or provides evidence for the existence of a god. There's lots of word salad, with psychological and philosophical terms tossed into Bible quotes, rendering them even more meaningless than they are on their own.

There are many contradictions, like "Make never telling a lie an unchangeable goal of your life," and then a couple of sentences later, "Never have an unchangeable goal for your life." He talks a lot about truth but never defines it, and depends on shades of meaning of terms to hide his logical fallacies.

I didn't find much of value.

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Sounds Suspicious to Me

Revisado: 01-20-19

The book convinced me that the only good thing Donald Trump has done in two years as President is firing James Comey.

There are a couple of interesting vignettes, especially about his early life, but mostly it's stuff that's already been discussed over and over in the public domain. The purpose of the book appears to provide cover for Comey's disastrous decisions, not to inform or entertain. Here and there, he makes reference to something interesting, but provides no information because the rest is classified.

If you've been following the news for the last two years, you don't need to read this book.

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Mental Onanism

Revisado: 06-12-18

Word salad about a young woman coming to believe literally that her solipsistic viewpoint is real. She waxes ecstatic describing the difference between things that exist, as opposed to things that just are. Didn't do anything for me.

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