All posts by bsowell

About bsowell

I am currently a first year graduate student in computer science at Cornell University. I did my undergraduate work at Carleton College in Northfield, MN, and grew up in Omaha, NE. This site is a collection of things I find interesting.

Books 2021

1 The Saints of Salvation (Salvation Sequence #3) Peter F. Hamilton 576 2021/1/1 2021/01/01
2 The Stand Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson 1152 2021/1/18 2021/01/23
3 Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age Annalee Newitz 320 2021/2/13 2021/02/21
4 A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) Arkady Martine 496 2021/3/6 2021/03/09
5 Inversions (Culture, #6) Iain M. Banks 343 2021/3/25 2021/04/06
6 Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) Fonda Lee 612 2021/4/12 2021/04/24
7 Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2) Fonda Lee 608 2021/4/24 2021/05/08
8 Dead Space Kali Wallace 333 2021/5/9 2021/05/14
9 The Ministry for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 563 2021/5/26 2021/07/01
10 Pandora’s Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Peter F. Hamilton, Marta García Martínez 768 2021/7/4 2021/08/01
11 Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga, #2) Peter F. Hamilton, Marta García Martínez 827 2021/8/8 2021/08/08
12 The Dreaming Void Peter F. Hamilton 630 2021/8/8 2021/08/27
13 The Temporal Void Peter F. Hamilton 746 2021/8/27 2021/08/29
14 The Evolutionary Void Peter F. Hamilton 694 2021/8/29 2021/09/17
15 Great North Road Peter F. Hamilton 948 2021/9/19 2021/10/10
16 The Algebraist Iain M. Banks 434 2014/7/14 2021/10/26
17 Laserwriter II Tamara Shopsin 224 2021/10/27 2021/10/29
18 The Body Scout Lincoln Michel 291 2021/11/6 2021/11/08
19 Lock In (Lock In, #1) John Scalzi 336 2021/11/13 2021/11/13
20 Head On (Lock In, #2) John Scalzi 335 2021/11/14 2021/11/20
21 Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation Edward L. Glaeser, David M. Cutler 480 2021/11/4 2021/11/27
22 Termination Shock Neal Stephenson 720 2021/11/21 2021/11/28
23 Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3) Fonda Lee 640 2021/11/30 2021/12/23
24 The 22 Murders of Madison May Max Barry 336 2021/12/23 2021/12/24
25 Shards of Earth (The Final Architects Trilogy, #1) Adrian Tchaikovsky 549 2021/12/24 2021/12/29
26 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman 290 2021/12/27 2021/12/31

Books 2020

1 Saga Book Three Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples 471 2020/1/13 2020/01/18
2 Auberon (The Expanse, #8.5) James S.A. Corey 66 2020/1/19 2020/01/21
3 The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire William Dalrymple 544 2020/1/1 2020/02/02
4 Agency (Jackpot #2) William Gibson 413 2020/2/15 2020/02/22
5 Empress of Forever Max Gladstone 476 2020/2/23 2020/03/11
6 Lair: Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains Chad Oppenheim 290 2020/3/12 2020/03/14
7 The Future of Another Timeline Annalee Newitz 352 2020/3/15 2020/03/26
8 The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) N.K. Jemisin 464 2020/3/27 2020/04/17
9 Hacking Life: Systematized Living and Its Discontents (Strong Ideas) Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 216 2020/4/26 2020/04/30
10 Fall; or, Dodge in Hell Neal Stephenson 883 2020/4/19 2020/05/12
11 The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3) John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton 318 2020/5/14 2020/05/16
12 Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt Steven Johnson 300 2020/5/17 2020/05/25
13 The Player of Games (Culture, #2) Iain M. Banks 293 2020/5/26 2020/05/29
14 Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) Iain M. Banks 411 2020/05/30 2020/06/08
15 Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) Iain M. Banks 471 2020/06/15 2020/06/17
16 Excession (Culture, #5) Iain M. Banks 499 2020/6/17 2020/06/19
17 Look to Windward (Culture, #7) Iain M. Banks 496 2020/06/23 2020/07/04
18 The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993–Illustrated Edition Jordan Mechner 336 2020/06/20 2020/07/05
19 The State of the Art (Culture #4) Iain M. Banks 216 2020/07/06 2020/07/08
20 Matter (Culture, #8) Iain M. Banks 593 2020/07/09 2020/09/07
21 Surface Detail (Culture #9) Iain M. Banks 627 2020/09/26 2020/10/11
22 The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10) Iain M. Banks 517 2020/11/27 2020/12/22
23 The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt 400 2020/12/23 2020/12/27
24 Salvation (Salvation Sequence #1) Peter F. Hamilton 576 2020/12/29 2020/12/30
25 Salvation Lost (Salvation Sequence #2) Peter F. Hamilton 494 2020/12/30 2020/12/31

Audiobooks

1 Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2) Tomi Adeyemi 404 2019/12/19 2020/01/25
2 Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) Tamsyn Muir 448 2020/1/27 2020/02/07
3 Magic for Liars Sarah Gailey 336 2020/2/10 2020/02/14
4 Waste Tide Chen Qiufan, Ken Liu 352 2020/2/14 2020/03/03
5 The Last Day Andrew Hunter Murray 432 2020/3/5 2020/03/15