Odds Against Tomorrow

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intresting book, not sure if I really like how the different story lines are merged into each other (personally I am not really fond of the pseudo psychological excursions into the meaning of fear). wish that the entire quantification of risk/consultancy story line would have been worked out a bi...

from housecarl

An entirely believable novel detailing a possible future as lived by Mitchell Zukor. Mitchell (does he have Asperger's autism?) has developed a very good livelihood advising businesses how to cope with future disasters. He is a genius at data collection and calculation of low probability events, ...

from Richj

Middle of the road dystopian novel. Some new ideas about cause and survival. Can't let go of original idea even when it doesn't work. Not bad for an off-day read.

from Teuthex

Rather than head in a more Foundation-esque direction, which would have been awesome, themes veered towards Parable of the Sower meets The Year of the Flood. Pretty good read.

from asxz

Picked it up cheap after some good notices. I think of these kinds of books as 'investments'. It might have been something terrific or the author might turn out something consequential in the future. For now... meh.