Tijs Male, 31, In a relationship. 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands

Charles Stross mixes up hip tech such as augmented reality, ubiquitous computing and virtual worlds to create an believable and exciting near future backdrop to this funny and fast paced crime novel.

sometimes slightly unnerving but mostly touching and funny. although quite unlike my own family it did somehow feel familiar.

pseudo scientific horror story about creepy crawlers of the nano variety.

Interesting insight into one of the more mysterious parts of Japans cultural heritage.

Awesome tale of love, growing up and a whole lot of other stuff rolled up in a big and lovingly created fantasy story. Fantasy on a literary level though not the childish swords and dragons stuff.

Taleb is not the best writer ever and some of his less-likable character traits come through in his writing and might put you off a bit in the beginning. But hang in there and you'll be sure to get convinced his theories are sound and find yourself a little smarter in the end.

Great little book. For the gossipy tales of shakespearean england and the gossipy tales of shakespearean historians. This book is very much a fun read, as most of Bryson's books tend to be.

rambles on a bit. it's a horrific but funny sort of future vision but told with much lack of subtlety.