Acclaimed science fiction author and First Tuesday Bookclub regular Max Barry will be reading from his book at Embiggen Books at 3.00pm Saturday October 29th. Please RSVP: (03) 9662 2062 or on events (at) embiggenbooks
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The Moral Landscape – The Great Debate
A couple of years ago an impressive range of scholars attended a conference called Beyond Belief (BB) hosted by the Science Network and Roger Bingham. There have now been three of these. They have focussed on:
Continue ReadingPeter Macinnis and Katherine Thomson: Come the Evolution
Towards the end of 2009 Embiggen Books was fortunate enough to have two superb writers in our shop delivering a joint session on the great Charles Darwin and his time. The session was part of
Continue ReadingRevelling in genius
36 Arguments for the Existence of God : A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Goldstein When I was about 12 years old I read a book by Chaim Potok called The Chosen. It featured two
Continue ReadingBlind Faith by Ben Elton
Reviewed by Sean the Blogonaut I have had Blind Faith on my bookshelf for about 2 years – a gift from an acquaintance after I had bored them with my love of all things atheist
Continue ReadingSolar by Ian McEwan
Solar had me chuckling to myself from the first page. We meet our main antagonist an overweight, vaguely unpleasant man made up of with 1 part faded brilliance and 2 parts curmudgeon. Michael Beard
Continue ReadingThe Boneshaker a Review by Sean the Blogonaut
What could be better than Steampunk? Why, Steampunk plus Zombies of course. And who do we have to thank for this delightful mix of subgenres? The very appropriately named Cherie Priest(hey I think her name
Continue ReadingEvolution by Daniel Loxton
A Review by Eran Segev President of The Australian Skeptics. Evolution is a simple process. So simple, in fact, that Thomas Henry Huxley said
Continue ReadingThe Great Book Review Competition
Okay you’ve read a book/series you love/hate/feel indifferent about. You’ve got some things you’d like to say about it/them. We’ll we’d love you to do that here. We’ve made provision for each book to be
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