#1338

I’ve never regretted reading any Lem book, and other people have remarked here on some of the best ones, but I must put in a vote for Imaginary Magnitude, his book of fictional prologues to non-existent books.

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#1339

I read the talk transcript that @ben.see linked to and really loved it. I’m teaching Rob Walker’s Noticing this semester and wonder about teaching this in tandem with it.

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#1340

This is probably my favorite essay by her. Her NYT piece about fake Amazon store fronts is also fascinating.

Gonna have to look into Rob Walker.

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#1341

The Rob Walker book looks like it’s a self-help book–a bit of unfortunate marketing, I think, because it really does contain some crucial ideas. Our own @disquiet makes an appearance in its pages!

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#1342

Thanks! And @Ethan_Hein, as well.

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#1343

currently reading:

the hype is well-deserved.

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#1344

Yes funny, I read that one too.

http://www.jennyodell.com/writing.html

A recent google talk she did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjlP9qtmBU

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#1345

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#1346

Now, this:

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#1347

@Loitering I wish I could go back and experience The Erstwhile for the first time again. It’s so good.

#1348

Just finished Illya Kaminsky’s “Deaf Republic” and it was fast and beautiful and devastating.

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#1349

how is this? i’ve been curious about it.

#1350

Incredible atmosphere and writing.

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#1352

I bought this book this summer and hope to get to it soon.

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#1353

I’m about halfway through The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and it’s fascinating so far.
Really big ideas.

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#1354

My wife just finished that trilogy and told me the whole thing is phenomenal. From what she’s told me about it, I am very interested in reading it at some point.

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#1355

Yes, reading it as a trilogy is crucial. Everything builds towards the conclusion.

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#1356

I’m reading Between The Songs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Radio Magic, or: Stuff I Learned from Hosting Crap From The Past for Twenty-Five Years by Ron Gerber.

The book fits my interests perfectly. It covers some of his studio production tips, his experiences working at a number of radio stations, and goes on tangents with trivia about all sorts of music from the 80s and 90s.

Highly recommended read if you love geeking out about music, audio, and radio.

It made me appreciate his radio show, Crap From The Past, even more.

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#1359

oh weird, I hadn’t realized the Japanese title is “one nine eight four” (1984 would be 千九百八十四年). Nine in Japanese is pronounced like Q, so the English title is a pun :joy:

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#1361

I love these books. Gene Wolfe is a spectacular writer.

I’ll caveat that these books, as with most of his books that I’ve read, contain an extremely male perspective. might not be for everyone.

these have been talked about before on this thread, but just got done with

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which were two great books to read back-to-back. these books got deep under my skin in the most wonderful way.

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