Book Reviews
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Things Become Other Things • 2025 • Craig Mod Craig is a fascinating guy, not least because of the fact he's ingrained himself into the culture of Japan, a country I grew up in, but because he's an artful storyteller and photographer. In this book, he brings the reader along on one of his long walks through the Japan countryside as he ties the pieces of his past together with his present in a way that few people can. • Loved It! 
To Say Nothing of the Dog • 2013 • Connie Willis • Book 3 of the Oxford Time Travel series. It's funny and cute and compelling, even if I miss Mr. Dunworthy's constant presence ala Doomsday Book. But Ned Henry and all the other characters make this a fun book that's hard to put down. • Loved It! 
Tracers in the Dark • Andy Greenberg • Truly anonymous finance is the wet dream of the libertarian crypto bros, but it's a lie. Turns out logging everything is actually just like logging everything. Tons of wild and wacky fun. • Loved It! 
Virtual Light • 1993 • William Gibson • A very good book, imaginative and hopefully not prophetic. The first of a series that works together better as the sum of its parts, but individually, this one is a good read. • Liked It 
We Don't Need Roads • Caseen Gaines • 2015 • Amateurishly and inelegantly written to the point where I'm not sure how reliable the narratives are. Don't read it, even if you love Back to the Future. • Didn't Like It 
When the Moon Hits Your Eye • 2025 • John Scalzi This is what should be called a silly, maybe even dumb, book. But it isn't. It's fun. And it manages to make a few relevant points about humanity along the way. • Loved It! 
To Say Nothing of the Dog • 2013 • Connie Willis • Book 3 of the Oxford Time Travel series. It's funny and cute and compelling, even if I miss Mr. Dunworthy's constant presence ala Doomsday Book. But Ned Henry and all the other characters make this a fun book that's hard to put down. • Loved It! 
Tracers in the Dark • Andy Greenberg • Truly anonymous finance is the wet dream of the libertarian crypto bros, but it's a lie. Turns out logging everything is actually just like logging everything. Tons of wild and wacky fun. • Loved It! 
Virtual Light • 1993 • William Gibson • A very good book, imaginative and hopefully not prophetic. The first of a series that works together better as the sum of its parts, but individually, this one is a good read. • Liked It 
We Don't Need Roads • Caseen Gaines • 2015 • Amateurishly and inelegantly written to the point where I'm not sure how reliable the narratives are. Don't read it, even if you love Back to the Future. • Didn't Like It 
When the Moon Hits Your Eye • 2025 • John Scalzi This is what should be called a silly, maybe even dumb, book. But it isn't. It's fun. And it manages to make a few relevant points about humanity along the way. • Loved It! 