Steve's Book and DVD Reviews
I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called, 'The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down'. - Homer Simpson
Hi, I'm Steve Barrera. Welcome to my reviews page, where I discuss books, TV shows, and films. I like to review books and movies through the lens of sociological theory. I frequently reference Strauss-Howe generational theory and Thomas P. M. Barnett's geopolitical theory. Reviews of these theories are on the bottom of this page, along with reviews of some other theories of social development and/or geopolitical strategy. Since about 2017 I have also been frequently posting reviews on a blog called In the Zeitgeist. And since 2019 I've been posting book reviews on goodreads dot com. You'll find plenty over there, way more than on this page.
WARNING: There may be SPOILERS in these reviews.
The Self-Aware Universe how consciousness creates the material world | ←First off, I just want to note that you really should read this book. | |||||||
Blade Runner 20-Whenever A completely unfair assessment of how well the franchise predicted the future. |
Generations and Risk Taking: From X to Millennial |
Godzilla Resurgence A hard look at the 21st century. |
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Ghost in the Shell |
From Sunnydale to Smallville Bridging the generations. |
Springfield, USA A look at the modern trend of adult animated series, from The Simpsons to beyond. |
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The Stepford Wives, Then and Now Why two versions of this film are so different. |
Babel and the Confusion of States The perils of globalized living. |
The Big Lebowski | ||||||
Demolition Man | The Retelling of the Narnia Chronicles Which is better, the books or the movies? |
The Incredible Hulk Across the Generations Three different kinds of superhero. |
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Riding the Gap with Mal and Yuri The Good, the Bad and the Renegade. |
Murderball | Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series | ||||||
Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years (really, quite a good book) |
The Most Exclusive Club A History of the Modern United States Senate |
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America |
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Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival of American Community |
Broke, USA. From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc - How the Working Poor Became Big Business |
On Paradise Drive How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense |
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Citizens A Chronicle of the French Revolution |
Appetite for Self-Destruction The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age |
It's Even Worse Than It Looks How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism |
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How the World Really Works A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future |
Ruling the Waves From the Compass to the Internet, a History of Business and Politics Along the Technological Frontier |
The Master Switch The Rise and Fall of Information Empires |
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The Pentagon's New Map War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century |
The Shield of Achilles War, Peace, and the Course of History |
Generations The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 |
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The Muqaddimah An Introduction to History |
The Accidental Superpower The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder |
The Next American Nation The New Nationalism & The Fourth American Revolution |
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