Category: Books

Freakonomics Book review and Notes

Introduction Freakonomics is a book written by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Its objective is to explore the hidden side of everything. One Para summary of Freakonomics Morality represents how things should work, but economics determines how the world actually works. Looking beyond conventional wisdom, expert speak, asking the right questions and knowing […]

The Three-Body problem – Book review and notes

Introduction Book Three-Body Problem Author Liu Cixin (translated by Ken Liu) Series The Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy Genre Fiction, Scifi, Hard Scifi Awards Won Hugo Award( 2015), Nominated for Nebula Award(2014), Won Galaxy Award (China, 2006) Recommendation Highly recommended for anyone, Must read for people who love Science Fiction. Summary of review and notes […]

The Twelve by Justin Cronin

The Twelve, released yesterday,  is the second book in Justin Cronin’s Passage Trilogy. First book, The Passage,  was one of the best reads of 2010. The Passage was a post apocalyptic , sci-fi, fantasy novel, covering 93 years since a military experiment with viruses went wrong  creating a vampire like photo-phobic super human species. The world created in The Passage […]