One of the oddest books I've ever read. It's either a historical novel (well, fixup) with more endnotes than even George MacDonald Fraser, or a science fiction book than just happens to have no important counterfactual elements. If you're interested in the calculation problems of central plannin...
I can still recall a time in the early 1960s when I became aware of the world beyond the little town where I lived. I became fascinated with geography and with learning the names of capitals and residents of far away countries. The growing perception of a Soviet threat was part of my earliest u...
This is a book you need to keep reading. The first 4 chapters are quite hard going at times, and I was a little surprised at the more than occasional use of swear words, but this is not a pious book. It is written to trigger your own thinking process. Once I was over the difficult beginnings, I k...