Josh

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Josh’s favorite books

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Programming Pearls by Jon L. Bentley

Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

The Frank Book by Jim Woodring

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Flim-Flam! by James Randi

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

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Iron Gold

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Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)

by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

by Robert C. O'Brien

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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

by Mark Forsyth (Goodreads Author)

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The Incomparable Book Club — 1285 members — last activity May 29, 2025 07:50PM
The Book Club of the podcast "The Incomparable." Jason Snell talks about geeky pop culture with a rotating panel of regular guests! http://www.theinco ...more

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This is a discussion group for this specific subgenre in SF where the plausibility of the science counts.

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Comics, Fantasy, Graphic novels, Non-fiction, Science, and Science fiction

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