Self experimentation, foul language, and excellent research produces a hugely fascinating book on the history of bad habits and vice.
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Another 'cozy catastrophe' from John Wyndham, that also happens to be a very fine book.
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Genius electrical inventor and financial idiot, Tesla is finally getting the recognition that he deserves.
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Did Nikola Tesla really use the word "robot" 22 years before the word was invented?
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One of the best novels in the entire SF canon.
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I recuse myself and then review the book anyway.
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Interesting setting, decent writing, lazy plotting and romance.
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A security cyborg who likes to binge-watch Netflix-equivalent breaks its own programming to (grumpily) save its humans.
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Another good (if not great) story from Joe Haldeman.
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Delany was more interested in inventing new literary forms than constructing an enjoyable novel.
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