Started What If? by Randall Munroe.

It’s by the guy who runs / draws xkcd.com web comics, and gives serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions. For example: Is it possible to build a jetpack using downward firing machine guns?

Questions are weird like that, but the science is real, so an interesting read. Specially if you are a fan of xkcd.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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  • EyeBeam@literature.cafe
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    10 days ago

    Finished reading 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, because last month someone here reminded me about it and said it didn’t suck. He’s right. It’s not a best in breed of the alien invasion genre, and some of the YA themes weren’t intended to captivate guys who’d cross the street to avoid overhearing teenage girls gushing about dreamy teenage boys. But it’s good enough that I can donate it to a neglected little free library and not feel guilty about shortchanging whoever takes it. I think the reason I passed over it earlier was that I thought it was the 5th in the series, not the first.

    Now I’m re-reading Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver. I’ve read some of his Lincoln Rhyme mysteries, but couldn’t remember which ones. I’m only about 50 pgs in, but it looks familiar. I expect it to end with some unrealistic coincidences, but can’t remember what, so I’ll continue.