Book Ledger

11 titles · Jan 2023 to Apr 2026
Total deployed: $407.22
Dreamsnake
Vonda N. McIntyre
Dreamsnake
Vonda N. McIntyre · 2026
#biomimicry#psychedelic-medicine#male-contraception

Compass Pathways (CMPS) for psilocybin-assisted treatment of depression — the dreamsnake's hallucinatory venom mapped to psychedelic-assisted therapy.

FILED 2026-04-10 · ENTRY 11
6/10
Blood Music
Greg Bear
Blood Music
Greg Bear · 2026
#crispr#in-vivo-gene-editing#biotech

In vivo CRISPR as the dawn of personalized self-replicating biological medicine. NTLA (Intellia) as primary position.

FILED 2026-02-09 · ENTRY 10
6/10
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
Hyperion
Dan Simmons · 2025
#military-simulation#ai-ops#warfare

Reviewed Battle Road Digital, Havik VR, and Scale AI. Declined trade — trend is toward AI operations replacing human training simulation, not alongside it.

FILED Dec 2025 · ENTRY 09
8/10
Fledgling
Octavia Butler
Fledgling
Octavia Butler · 2025
#immunology#car-t-therapy#autoimmune

Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX) for CAR-T immune reset in autoimmune disease — the vampire venom-to-medicine pipeline made literal.

FILED 2025-11-24 · ENTRY 08
7/10
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne · 2025
#oceantech#submarines#battery-tech

Kraken Robotics (KRKNF) for subsea battery and sonar technology. Also reviewed sea silk, seaweed-to-ethanol, and sodium-ion batteries.

FILED 2025-10-16 · ENTRY 07
6/10
Elder Race
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Elder Race
Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2025
#neurotech#depression-treatment#bci

Brain-computer interfaces and neuromodulation for treatment-resistant depression. Reviewed Muse, NeuroPace RNS, SAINT, and rtfMRI-NF. No public equity play identified.

FILED Sep 2025 · ENTRY 06
7/10
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers · 2025
#cozy-scifi#community#escapism

A meditation on books as essential shelter in uncertain times. No investment thesis.

FILED Jul 2025 · ENTRY 05
Cities in Flight
James Blish
Cities in Flight
James Blish · 2025
#ai-administration#longevity#power-concentration

AI as administrator for immortals — a lens on LLM dependency and the coming power gap between those with and without advanced AI access. No trade made.

FILED Jul 2025 · ENTRY 04
The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler
The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler · 2023
#ai-consciousness#marine-biology#first-contact

Octopus cognition and the limits of intelligence as a concept. No tradeable thesis emerged.

FILED Dec 2023 · ENTRY 03
Version Control
Dexter Palmer
Version Control
Dexter Palmer · 2023
#ai#causality#near-future

Near-future AI and alternate-timeline fiction. No actionable investment thesis derived.

FILED Jun 2023 · ENTRY 02
Venomous Lumpsucker
Ned Beauman
Venomous Lumpsucker
Ned Beauman · 2023
#environmental#extinction-credits#corporate

A darkly comic look at biodiversity credits and extinction as a tradeable commodity. No investment made — no publicly listed proxies found.

FILED Jan 2023 · ENTRY 01