Reads

Finished Constance by Matthew Fitzsimmons in the middle of June. It had an interesting premise about a human clone trying to find out what happened to her "original." It is almost more murder mystery than sci-fi.

I finished Andy Weir's latest novel, Project Hail Mary, in the first part of June. The story explores a lot of topics, but the focus is always on how someone can use their knowledge, skills and, most of all, perseverance, to overcome the seemingly impossible when the stakes are astronomically high. Recommended read.

I am working on a couple of fairly complex projects right now. There is a fair amount of debate about not only how to solve the problem, but on what problem we are actually trying to solve. Hopefully, we will be able to come together to design and build something like the Apollo team did. One small step...

Finished the Numina trilogy by Charlie Holmberg in early May. This urban fantasy series is set in a dark city and leverages a number of standard world-building elements including magic, multiple dimensions of existence, and social issue tropes. Not the strongest work, but enjoyable enough that I expect to read another series by Holmberg later this year.

My latest read was the Chronos Origins series by Rysa Walker. I read the first book back in 2020 because it is based on an interesting take on a time travel trope. I am trying to catch up on series I have already started and this one was next.

My latest read was The Interdependency series by John Scalzi. It is a space opera trilogy. I thought the writing was pretty good and world building was interesting, although Scalzi tends to be less than subtle in expressing his personal political and cultural opinions.

The Peacemaker's Code by Deepak Malhotra was my latest read. Malhotra is a Harvard Business School professor. The story is used to demonstrate some of Malhotra's key theories about negotiation and conflict resolution.

My latest read was Interference by Brad Parks. This is a Michael Crichton style thriller. The story was based on an interesting premise and is pretty well paced. The ending was weaker than expected.