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Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting - Daniel C. Dennett

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution - Richard Dawkins

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

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"Why do you need the supernatural, when the natural is already so super?"

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Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting - Daniel C. Dennett

reviewed: Excellent defense of compatibalism

Here, Dennett offers a highly cogent defense of compatibalism - the notion that determinism and free will are not in conflict...

Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting - Daniel C. Dennett

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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution - Richard Dawkins

reviewed: Utterly exquisite

If you love anything having to do with biology, then sit back and enjoy the ride, as you travel back in time and meet the "co...

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution - Richard Dawkins

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Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

reviewed: Fantastic, and humbling

This book is superb for a number of reasons. It's chilling in its believability. You really do feel that a park filled with d...

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

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Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov

reviewed: I LOVE this

This is a story about politics, with science fiction as a backdrop. If you want pow-pow lasers, this isn't for you. This bo...

Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov

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Footfall - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

reviewed: Really good, but flawed

First, what I love about this book: the aliens! I've never read such a believable account of what aliens might be like. The...

Footfall - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) - Richard Dawkins

reviewed: Incredibly fascinating

I read this book many years ago, but I still remember its wonderfully delivered prose and the next-level fascination that it ...

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) - Richard Dawkins