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August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 One Man Book Club

#TheSingularityTrap: Science Fact? A first contact space thriller!

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#TheGreatLibrary: I guess I have a thing for books about books…

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#AManCalledOve: Kindness shines brightest.

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#GatesofFire: Gulp. Talk about changing the world…

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Dan Grover is the book-loving dad of six reluctant readers and the founder of One Man Book Club, a place for fellow parents and other content-conscious readers to find books they (and their kids!) will love.

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#TheSingularityTrap By: #DennisETaylor My Rating: Four out of Five Stars Best for 16 and up Who else is here because of The Bobiverse? Dennis E. Taylor's debut series The Bobiverse earned him a lot of fans. If you like ScyFy, you probably should have checked it out by now. The Singularity Trap is his Sophomore effort. How'd he do? It's no Bob, but it's just fine. I love science fiction the most when the author convinces me the science fiction could be science fact, and that's what Dennis E. Taylor does very, very well. Combine that with well-written characters and an engaging story and I'm a happy reader. Humanity is in shambles. Governments have coalesced into two superpowers. Mother Earth is on her way out. Jobs and money are scarce. The oceans are rising. The forests are depleting. Space is the final frontier. Down on his luck, Ivan leaves his wife and two kids behind to play the odds as an asteroid miner. Find the big one, earn the pay out, and problems are solved forever. Or don't, and stay poor. There is A LOT on the line. Anything less than finding the big one would be failure. Well, Ivan finds the big one all right...it's just that it's much bigger than anyone could have ever expected. And now Ivan has to save the Human Race. This is a space thriller and a unique take on a first contact story. The state of the humanity, alien tech, space ships, military drama. Science, space facts, game theory. It's geeky stuff, written in a way that dumb people like me can read it and feel smart. A bit of language. No sex or violence.  Heavy on the science. Big on thinking and imagination. 16 and up. Happy reading! #booknerd #bookworm #onemanbookclub #bookstagram #dadswhoread
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#InkandBone (#TheGreatLibrary, Book 1) #PaperandFire (The Great Library, Book 2) #AshandQuill (The Great Library, Book 3) #SmokeandIron (The Great Library, Book 4) #SwordandPen (The Great Library, Book 5)--Released on 9/3/19 By: #RachelCaine My Rating: Four out of Five Stars Best For: 14 and up I guess I've got a thing for books about books. History lesson: The fabled Library of Alexandria was established around 295 BC by Ptolomey I, King of Egypt and General of Alexander the Great. The object of the Library was to "collect, if possible, all the books in the world." Ptolemy’s desire was to equip “his library with the writings of all men as far as they were worth serious attention.” It was tragically destroyed by war around 48BC, but it's influence is felt today in the tradition of library, scholarship, knowledge sharing, and education. But what if the Library of Alexandria hadn't been destroyed? What if it still existed today? What if all that knowledge had never been lost? It would surly be a good thing, right? Right? ... Meet The Great Library series, by Rachel Caine. It's the year 2031. The Library of Alexandria still exists...and it controls everything. Technology is distributed to the world only through the Library's filter. The Library decides what knowledge humanity is allowed to know. The printing press? Electricity? The combustion engine? All too dangerous. The great poets? The great thinkers? The revolutionaries? Vanished, and their written works locked up tight. The Library knows what's best. And they'll kill you and everyone you love if you disagree. This is a really cool take on the standard rebel-against-the-wicked-establishment story. There's a bit of magic, some steam punk, cool imaginary tech, a whole bunch of great characters, and TONS of book love. I loved the relationships, the conflicts, and the imagination of this future. Cont'd in the comments 👇🏼 #onemanbookclub #bookstagram #dadswhoread #booknerd #bookworm @rachelcainewriter
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