#357

Books read in August:

Non-Comics

July’s People by Nadine Gordimer. … Infomocracy by Malka Older. … System: The Shaping of Modern Knowledge by Clifford Siskin.

Graphic Novels

X’ed, The Hive, and Sugar Skull by Charles Burns. … Demon, Volume 1 and Demon, Volume 2 by Jason Shiga. … Equinoxes by Cyril Pedrosa … Midnighter and Apollo by writer Steve Orlando and — I can’t remember; I think several people worked on this. … Tumor by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon. … The End of Summer by Tillie Walden. … This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki. … SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki. … Boundless by Jillian Tamaki. … Speak of the Devil by Gilbert Hernández. … Solid State by Jonathan Coulton, Matt Fraction, and Albert Monteys. … The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage, written by Jen Van Meter with art by Robert de la Torre. … Wrinkles by Paco Roca. … 5,000 Kilometers per Second by Manuele Fior.

In the interest of folks who don’t have a lot of time (who does?), I’d recommend in particular the Gordimer novel, the Siskin book on “system,” the two Shiga graphic novels (those are the first two volumes out of six), and Boundless (a graphic novel collection of short stories) by Jillian Tamaki.

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#358

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gift from http://tortoisegeneralstore.com/

'things are either devolving toward,
or evolving from, nothingness
-by l.koren

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#359

How is this? Is this Marxist in orientation or more liberal?

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#360

Thanks to your post I learnt about the concept of wabi sabi.
In a few minutes this has brought some relief to my life.

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#361

Hey guys! This is my first post on lines, having just found out about it through the podcast and being way too into all things drone and sound design.

Currently I’m reading:
Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees–conversations with Robert Irwin

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

and my favorite book on creativity, which I reread once every couple years:
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#362

Thanks for the tip. I really enjoy reading it.

#363

https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3389-50-off-all-student-reading

FYI, for all your leftist lit needs. have no personal recommendations, as I was just referred to this last night, but the curated lists seem :100:

#364

I guess it’s lines/monome relevant that I just finished reading Ursula K. LeGuin for the first time… That means I’ve finally gotten to hear about the background to the invention of the ansible, since I had read The Dispossessed. What a lovely book! Leaves me with a lot to think about. I have to say that the over-simplified synopsis of “space anarchist visits capitalist society” does convey a bit of just how fantastic it is. And it is true that there’s lot of packaging without substance around this here earth…

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#365

Glad you enjoyed it. In amongst all the social commentary and sf, it also manages to contain one of my favourite descriptions of being drunk, and being hungover. (But still the greatest description of a hangover, for me, is in Lucky Jim)

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#366

a short but interesting read.
the majority of the book features captivating illustrations (think spirograph, lissajous figures) representing different musical intervals as drawn by a harmonograph. And for the ambitious, there are even brief instructions on how to build a harmonograph of your own.

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couple of reviews here:


http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/book-reviews.html

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#367

On the topic - I saw this recently. I bet they’re amazing in the flesh:

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#368

Finally I am reading a book again - seems to be funny and contains a bit of practical wisdom. Plus it is enchantingly old-fashioned:

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#369

Books read in September:

Non Comics

  • Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Johnjoe McFadden

Comics

  • King City by Brandon Graham
  • Eartha by Cathy Malkasian
  • The Old Guard, Book One: Opening Fire, written by Greg Rucka, art by Leandro Fernández
  • Uptight #5 by Jordan Crane
  • The Last Contract, written by Ed Brisson, art by Lisandro Estherren, with Niko Guardia
  • Nixon’s Pals by Joe Casey and Chris Burnham
  • FreakAngels volume 1 - 6
  • Lazarus Volume 5, by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, with Santi Arcas
  • De:Tales : Stories from Urban Brazil by Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá
  • Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke
  • Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous
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#370

Recommended. Rebecca Schiff is a fantastic writer.

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#371

Anyone a Gene Wolfe fan out there? I just picked this up and am really excited about it.

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#372

Currently reading


Secular Devotion was a recommendation from @Ethan_Hein, really fascinating.

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#373

One of my all time favourites. Have you read Multiple Warheads? I’ve heard he’s doing more of them soon… so good.

How is this? I love Casanova and their work in general.

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#374

Yeah, this was my second time through King City. I read the massive Image Deluxe Edition thing, which is a great way to watch him develop as a storyteller and illustrator as the pages flip by. I haven’t yet read Multiple Warheads. After reading a lot of his Prophet, I wanted to revisit King City before going into Multiple Warheads. It’s definitely on my list.

I like the De:Tales somewhat. They get much better as illustrators as their careers progress, and I found some of this earlier work to be, well, earlier.

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#375

Finished Seasick by Alanna Mitchell

it was probably depressing to read it back in 2009/2010, but reading it now is maybe kind of worse.

#376

i loved freakangels. very ellis. ms. marvel vol 5 was underwhelming but i found vol 6 a good comeback.

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