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  • Reading Dune

  • Why I Write (Orwell)

    “Why I Write” is an interesting and inspiring piece of work written by George Orwell in 1946. I wanted to have it posted here on my website for digital preservation. I have a lot of content here in this website that serve that purpose: to be available. I don’t make a dime with this website.…

  • Asimov’s Foundation Reading Lists

    Asimov’s Foundation Reading Lists

    Asimov’s monumental work can be read two ways: By publication order – preserves the mystery and plot twists. By chronological order aligned with in-universe timeline

  • Charles Stross

    Charles Stross

    Today I learned who Charles Stross is. A new door spawns inside my sci-fi readings portal. Markku Lappalainen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • About People and Places

  • Como Educar Sua Mente – Lista de Livros

    Lista atualizada em 2016 (versão em inglês) Ficção: Dom Quixote – Miguel De CervantesO Peregrino – John BunyanAs Viagens de Gulliver – Jonathan SwiftOrgulho e Preconceito – Jane AustenOliver Twist – Charles DickensJane Eyre – Charlotte BronteA Letra Escarlate – Nathaniel HawthorneMoby Dick – Herman MelvilleA Cabana do Pai Tomás – Harriet Beecher StoweMadame Bovary…

  • The Well-Educated Mind Reading List

    Updated in 2016 (see the list in Portuguese) Read the book online. Fiction: Don Quixote – Miguel De CervantesThe Pilgrim’s Progress -John BunyanGulliver’s Travels – Jonathan SwiftPride and Prejudice – Jane AustenOliver Twist – Charles DickensJane Eyre – Charlotte BronteThe Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel HawthorneMoby Dick – Herman MelvilleUncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher StoweMadame…

  • I want my children to be better than me

    I want my children to be better than me

    Last updated on 20240306. Cover photo was generated by AI using MS Copilot Designer. Like the Dune books, all eight of them. The statement above is enough to provoke anger and fierce discussion among Dune fans. A big part of them dislike two of the eight books for the sole reason they were written by…