The Carpet Makers

As you probably know, I love reading. Sometimes, I come across delightfully engaging books. This year that's included the masterful Nassim Taleb's The Black Swan, a provocative look at unexpected, high impact events and Terry Pratchett's Making Money, a fantastical treatise on money and how we interact with it (not to mention a fun excursion into the world of systems thinking and modeling).

Today, I finished another excellent book, The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach (translated from German). It retells an epic story across planets, solar systems and even dimensions that spans millenniums. Yet it manages to weave that story with that of individual characters and their personal plight. The story and his story telling are exciting and engaging making the book difficult to put down. Highly recommended.