Pluralistic: The Adventures of Mary Darling (06 May 2025)

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The Adventures of Mary Darling: A cracking read, a virtuoso act of gender jiu-jitsu, a Sherlock story like no other, a rough trip to fairyland, and the real, true story of Peter Pan. What a book!
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Pluralistic: Bridget Read's 'Little Bosses Everywhere' (05 May 2025)

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Bridget Read's 'Little Bosses Everywhere': America is a Ponzi scheme.
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Pluralistic: Sarah Wynn-Williams's 'Careless People' (23 Apr 2025)

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Sarah Wynn-Williams's 'Careless People': "Too big to care."
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Pluralistic: More Everything Forever (22 Apr 2025)

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More Everything Forever: Science fiction is an allegory, not a prediction.
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Pluralistic: Ray Nayler's "Where the Axe Is Buried" (20 Mar 2025)

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Ray Nayler's "Where the Axe Is Buried": Escape from the Larry Ellison future.
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Pluralistic: Daniel Pinkwater's "Jules, Penny and the Rooster" (11 Mar 2025)

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Daniel Pinkwater's "Jules, Penny and the Rooster": Klong! We are ALL pickles.
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Pluralistic: Hugh D'Andrade's "The Murder Next Door" (10 Feb 2025)

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Hugh D'Andrade's "The Murder Next Door": A graphic memoir.
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Pluralistic: Ron Deibert's "Chasing Shadows" (04 Feb 2025)

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Ron Deibert's "Chasing Shadows": How Citizen Lab invented "counterintelligence for civil society."
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Pluralistic: All the books I reviewed in 2024 (02 Dec 2024)

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All the books I reviewed in 2024: Plus three of my own.
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Pluralistic: Neal Stephenson's "Polostan" (04 Nov 2024)

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Neal Stephenson's "Polostan": Raising the curtain on a post-cyberpunk sf series about the dawn on the nuclear age.
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