Posts tagged with Reading
Review: Stories of your Life and Others
After watching the excellent Arrival , I was compelled to find and devour the short story that inspired the plot in that movie. This is a persistent habit of mine, seeking out source materials that inspire a creative work, particularly if…
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus was a PlayStation 2 game released in 2005 about a hero tasked with the seemingly impossible mission of defeating giant colossi, in order to revive a comatose companion. It was a one-of-a-kind game, themed so strongly…
Review: The Manager’s Path
I forget who mentioned The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change to me as an interesting book to pick up, but I do remember thinking that it sounded like the perfect guide to software…
Review: The Upstarts
The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World is a journalist's take on how Uber and Airbnb came to exist. These two startups are two of the biggest…
Review: Arkwright
I've been on a sci-fi reading binge lately, and between the likes of Seveneves and the Three-Body Problem trilogy, I've had a good dosage of high-flying, civilization-wide stories that tickles the imagination. From that context, Arkwright…
Review: The Wandering Earth
Given that I wanted more epic short stories after going through Invisible Planets, Liu Cixin's The Wandering Earth—his collection of classic science fiction short stories—seemed like a good bet on delivering grand scale in short(ish)…
