Einherjar86
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Really excited about this. Crowley's most famous for his Aegypt series and his fantasy novel Little, Big. This book contains his first three novels.
Read Singularity Sky
Painstakingly put together by Russian journalist Aleksey Evdokimov, Doom Metal Lexicanum may not be the first book on the subject, but it is the first for nearly a decade and a half, offering an overview – complete with interviews – of over 350 of the most significant bands determined to smelt time and slow riffs down to their most resonant and revealing pitch.
Such a good book. Really awesome vision of post-singularity future.
Too bad the sequel, Iron Sunrise, wasn't as good. Still enjoyable though.
The Three Languages of Politics by Arnold Kling. Small book, barely over 100 pages. Reasonably simplified synopsis of the difficulty in engaging in political discourse across political languages. Lots of references to authors I've either read (Haidt, Kahneman) or authors I am familiar with (Cowen, Sowell, Nisbet).
Just where do you think you've been, young man? We've been worried sick. Do you have any idea what time it is? Do you have any idea what year it is?I would imagine the goal of a book like this would be to figure out a way through and how to get people to talk to each other. If so, what'd you think of the solutions presented? Is the book realistic/pragmatic?
Fair enuff. Good to see you back sir.I've just been drinking beer and grading papers. Strikes and gutters. Peaks and valleys
I've burned through three Alastair Reynolds books this year: Pushing Ice, Diamond Dogs Turquoise Days, and House of Suns. Pushing Ice and House of Suns were both fucking fantastic. Currently halfway through Jeff VanderMeer's Borne...I'm interested to see how the movie adaptation of Annihilation goes. I trust Alex Garland with the material, but just from the trailer it looks like they're taking elements from the second book (maybe they're not expecting to make the sequel, which sucks because I greatly preferred the second book)