“The investigation” by Stanisław Lem
“Neuromancer” by William Gibson
“A fire on the moon” by Norman Mailer
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#132_Regenesis_, by George Monbiot. About how we can realistically feed everyone on the planet long term, in a way that doesn't destroy nature, keeps soil healthy and more able to deal with climate change, and is also affordable. Very good. Very well sourced, sceptical of romantic ideas that just don't scale. Given that we currently use 60% of our agricultural land to feed livestock, that we then use to produce 12% of ou…
I really don’t understand how so many smart people don’t understand this and continue to consume animal products regularly.
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#133Caravan of the Damned by Chuck Dixon. Conan the Barbarian as envisioned by the writer who created Bane.
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#134Comics! I recently finished Wanted (which made for a shitty movie, but a decent comic) and Watchmen (I despair I hadn't gotten around to it sooner). Now I'm planning to read V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, Batman: Year One, and some more. I've finally come around to comics as an art form, and I couldn't be happier!
Watchmen the movie isn't bad either.
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#135Bluey: Camping When Bluey is on a family camping trip, she meets a new friend, Jean Luc. Join them as they plant a tree, hunt a 'wild pig' and learn about the magic of friendship.
What!? I never realized there are bluey books
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#136Been reading a lot of Romance books lately. They are like a cozy blanket. For a to be considered Romance, are required to have a "happily ever after" eg no sudden character death. It ensures the author isn't going to mess your day up.
Also, a lot of them have sex, which is nice.
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#137Comics! I recently finished Wanted (which made for a shitty movie, but a decent comic) and Watchmen (I despair I hadn't gotten around to it sooner). Now I'm planning to read V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, Batman: Year One, and some more. I've finally come around to comics as an art form, and I couldn't be happier!
If you're getting into comics, I can strongly recommend Transmetropolitan, The Invisibles, Saga, and the original Sandman books (there are a tonne of new ones now, and none have really clicked).
I'm also part way through Supergods by Grant Morrison. It's not a comic, but an autobiography-cum-history of the superhero genre. Worthwhile.
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#138The long good-bye by Ramond Chandler. I enjoy every sentence. He was a master at his craft and capture me with the language and the story telling.
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#139I have multiple books in my reading stack, picking up depending on the mood:
- Fentanyl, Inc by Ben Westhoff
- Arabs in Medieval Sindh by Rafi Samad
- Rework by Jason Fried (re-reading it)
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#140Just finished “Heavy weather sailing” by Martin Thomas and Peter Bruce. Grim but good stuff. Now following up with Fatty Goodlander’s “Creative anchoring”.
On the fiction side, read Arkady Martine’s “A memory called empire” recently, and about to start with the sequel.