Cross-posted from Goodreads Dark Matter is a rare, well-written concoction of science fiction and thrill. It is a tale that illustrates the horrors of living in the multiverse, reminiscent of how Chistopher Nolan’s Interstellar told of the horrors of time travel. Through all the shock and terror, it’s a story of a ‘regular’ family man […]
Category: Literary Pursuits
Books I’ve read and stories/poems I’ve written.
Book Review — A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
Posted on under Literary Pursuits — Leave a commentCross-posted from Goodreads Seneca, Musonius, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius… these famous Roman stoics would be happy to see their philosophies being passed on to the twenty-first-century civilization with a pragmatic simplicity. This one has to be one of the few philosophical books written in a clear, direct, and instructive language. Understanding the Stoic way of life […]
Book Review — The Midnight Library
Posted on under Literary Pursuits — Leave a commentCross-posted from Goodreads The Midnight Library is a tale with a moral. A pretty strong one. It tells the story of a woman suffering from depression, partly caused by loneliness and mostly due to an early mid-life crisis, who is about to take her life. What happens next – between life and death – eventually […]
Book Review — The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Posted on under Literary Pursuits — Leave a commentCross-posted from Goodreads I received the book as a gift from my sister. It’s one of the best gifts I ever received. On the surface, The Innovators seems like a glorified historical account of the most popular digital-era inventors and entrepreneurs – people we know all too well. The reality of the book, however, is […]
Book Review — You Can Negotiate Anything
Posted on under Literary Pursuits — Leave a commentCross-posted from Goodreads (I had this book around from my childhood days. We got its ‘special’ edition (Jaico Publishing) along with our Readers Digest subscription.) The book starts off with the definition of negotiation and clearly lays out its 3 ingredients. You’ll be surprised how different that definition is compared to how most people think […]