Heinlein, Robert “The Door into Summer”
Keep looking until you have found the door into summer. Continue reading Heinlein, Robert “The Door into Summer”
Category: Book reviews
Ramsay, Kain “Responsibility Rebellion”
Because change always requires time, energy, effort, reduction, and elimination, people facing the concept of change equate it to a loss rather than a gain, thus leading them to procrastinate on instigating any kind of change Continue reading Ramsay, Kain “Responsibility Rebellion”
Mikkelsen, Kenneth & Martin, Richard, “The Neo-Generalist”
To select is also to exclude Continue reading Mikkelsen, Kenneth & Martin, Richard, “The Neo-Generalist”
Watts, Peter, “Starfish”
If placed in a monstrous environment, would the monster stop being a monster? Could the normal monstrosity be less scary than the monstrous normality? Continue reading Watts, Peter, “Starfish”
Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris, “Burdened by Evil or forty years later”
They are all surgeons and enforcers. Not a single therapist. Continue reading Strugatsky, Arkady & Boris, “Burdened by Evil or forty years later”
Abe, Kobo “The box man”
I personally feel that a box, far from being a dead end, is an entrance to another world… Continue reading Abe, Kobo “The box man”
Clear, James “Atomic Habits: an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones”
Most people don’t even consider identity change when they set out to improve. They think, “I want to be outcome …” Continue reading Clear, James “Atomic Habits: an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones”
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr “Cancer Ward”
We don’t value animals’ love anymore, and we often laugh if someone is attached to his cat. But if we stop loving animals – don’t we inevitably stop loving people too? Continue reading Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr “Cancer Ward”
Remark, Erich Maria “Flotsam”
Love your neighbour as yourself Continue reading Remark, Erich Maria “Flotsam”
Barreau, Nicolas “Love letters from Montmartre”
Hoarding memories is not a blessing. Memories manes us sentimental. And those who are sentimental cannot move forwards, they live backwards. Continue reading Barreau, Nicolas “Love letters from Montmartre”
