Not with a whimper, but a bang… Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen

If the world ends, how will it happen? What will it look like? What is the absolute worst-case scenario, and how can we expect it to play out? Ever since the 50s, the spectre of nuclear war has hung over our civilization like the sword of Damocles, double-edged, flaming, and bathed in heaven like the …

Joe Reviews: The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card

Out of the thirteen books that I’ve read so far in 2021, this one is the first (and so far only) one that I’ve given five-stars. I read this book just before the January 6th riots at the Capitol, where the lead-up to that event and the controversy surrounding the 2020 elections had acquired an …