George Friedman is a geopolitical forecaster with degrees in political science and government. He worked for think tanks before founding Stratfor, an intelligence platform known for being open-sourced and available to the public, for a fee of course. Friedman earned renown for predicting a handful of major global events. The New York Times Magazine wrote in 2003 of Friedman and Stratfor “He predicted that the surging Asian economy would collapse by the end of 1997, while the American economy would reach unprecedented heights.” (NYTmag). I feel […]
More Expanse Side Plot
As I write this and extol the virtues of the Expanse series, I have a tinge of guilt. I recommend the show to friends, in addition to the books, but I am part of the reason it, the show, was cancelled. ScyFy owned the rights to only the first run of the show and I don’t watch any scripted shows at airtime, I am part of the cause for the cancellation. That said, it has officially been picked up by Amazon, apparently Jeff Bezos is […]
A Sci-Fi Crime Procedural Series
So, I’ve read a handful of John Scalzi and I’ve really liked everything that I’ve read. I bought Lock In on Audible a little while ago. Then Head On was about to come out so I listened to Lock In and immediately pre-ordered Head On. I think I finished Head On, the audiobook mind you, the day after it came out. I ate lunch in my car for two days to listen to it. I played it while washing dishes. I couldn’t put it down. […]
Come for a history of the AK-47, stay for a history of all machine guns
C.J. Chivers is a former Marine officer and war correspondent. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2017 for his piece about a Marine’s journey home after combat, entitled ‘The Fighter.’ I saw this book a few years ago and wanted to read it but, like most books, it went to the back burner as newer and shiner books popped up. Then Chivers won the Pulitzer and I put the book on hold at the library. The Gun is, mostly, a history of […]