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Dan is 45% done with The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

— Jul 21, 2025 11:25AM Add a comment

Dan is 60% done with Africa in a Balloon Encounters with Jules Verne

Such a charming adventure by these three innocent dogged small town adventurers. I have met Joseph, for which i am glad.

— Mar 30, 2025 10:26PM Add a comment

Africa in a Balloon Encounters with Jules Verne

Dan is 30% done with Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout

— Sep 09, 2024 10:33AM Add a comment

Dan is 5% done with The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

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Dan is 30% done with A Fall of Moondust

Neat story

— Sep 05, 2018 01:28AM Add a comment

Dan is 60% done with Rocket Ship Galileo

Very fun space adventure.

— Jul 10, 2017 12:50AM Add a comment

Dan is 20% done with Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

— Jul 10, 2017 12:49AM Add a comment

Dan is 20% done with Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions, Kindle Edition

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Dan is 20% done with Rocket Ship Galileo

— Jul 10, 2017 12:47AM Add a comment

Dan is starting The Mountains of California

Audiobook for the day while sciencing...

— May 06, 2017 12:04PM Add a comment

Dan is 38% done with Astounding Science Fiction Stories: An Anthology of 350 Scifi Stories (Halcyon Classics Book 1)

— Feb 14, 2016 11:27AM Add a comment

Dan is 33% done with Astounding Science Fiction Stories: An Anthology of 350 Scifi Stories (Halcyon Classics Book 1)

This book is huge. Astounding.

— Jan 05, 2016 09:13PM Add a comment

Dan is 28% done with Astounding Science Fiction Stories: An Anthology of 350 Scifi Stories (Halcyon Classics Book 1)

A lot of good stories so far, about a third are ones that are too fantasy driven, the rest are nice hard sci fi.

— Dec 18, 2015 11:07PM Add a comment

Dan is 25% done with Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions, Kindle Edition

Very interesting to learn the details of all kinds of English language references that I've only known by their context.

— Aug 06, 2015 06:19PM Add a comment

Dan is 9% done with Astounding Science Fiction Stories: An Anthology of 350 Scifi Stories (Halcyon Classics Book 1)

skipping a lot of stories to find the space based non-apocalyptic ones

— Aug 06, 2015 06:17PM Add a comment

Dan is 33% done with The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3)

— Jan 12, 2015 08:51PM Add a comment

Dan is 25% done with The Sentinel (The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, #Volume 2)

some nice shorts

— Jan 03, 2015 08:25PM Add a comment

The Sentinel (The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, #Volume 2)

Dan is 33% done with The Garden of Rama (Rama, #3)

Good to get back into an old familiar sci fi series

— Dec 14, 2014 02:30AM Add a comment

Dan is 50% done with Roughing It

— Dec 31, 2013 11:18AM Add a comment

Dan is 25% done with A Tramp Abroad

Chapter 13 has a phenomenal fumbling in the dark scene, trying not to wake his roommate. He proceeds to get utterly lost in the dark room and knock every item down.

— Sep 28, 2012 12:30PM Add a comment

Dan is reading The Age of Spiritual Machines

It's ok, but a little simple so far, would be more interesting if you didn't already understand AI and neural networks.

— Jun 21, 2012 07:59AM Add a comment

Dan is on page 18 of 619 of The Ashley Book of Knots

Searching for good balloon knots...

— Feb 20, 2011 07:35PM Add a comment

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