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Recently finished Ramez Naam's Apex, the final book in the Nexus, Crux, Apex trilogy. Really fun read, great plot, engaging characters, thought provoking story.
Master swindler George Graham Rice operated at the zenith of America's golden age of con artistry with plenty of illicit competition, but he stood apart from all others thanks to the sheer audacity, pure nerve and nefarious brilliance of his scams. Against the dark rise of American greed in the early 20th Century into the Roaring Twenties, the dapper but devious "GG" feasted ...
Al Macy's latest
http://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Th...iller-ebook/dp/B018UOTOEA/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Is pretty good.
If you Like John scalzi's humorous sci-fi like "red-shirts" or "fuzzy nation", chances are you'll enjoy "Yesterday's thief"
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I just finished World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. Most enjoyable, but probably not for everyone.
Good book, but definitely not for everyone. And very different than the movie.
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Recently finished The Martian by Andy Weir. Have not seen the movie. Really enjoyed the log-based narrative and slightly technical/"mathy" content, plus the main character's humor. I did feel the story ended abruptly and left a lot unexplored. Sequel?