On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM Bruce Metcalf via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote:
> Thaths wrote: > > I think I added it to my To Read list after reading Bruce's review. > > Finally got to reading it this year. > > And...? > Sorry, I thought I had shared my opinions upthread, but I realize that I only described the book, not my opinion of it. I really liked it. The author's breadth and depth of knowledge (about Science, Philosophy, History,...) was awe inspiring. And the imagined past (Reconquista of Feringia by Islamic empires, "Discovery" of New World from the Pacific by a Chinese fleet, Emergence of a Deccani resistance to Islamic expansion, The birth of Democracy in the Haudenosaunee nation,...) is plausible. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!
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