Currently reading: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 📚
I deliberately know nothing whatsoever about this book, except that people liked it.
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Finished reading: Accelerando by Charles Stross 📚
Alright, so this was not the best written book I’ve stumbled across. It was alright, but Strunk & White cried a few times along the way. But the world building and imagination and prediction accuracy? Fantastic. It’s not high art, but art nonetheless.
I’m on a bus reading “Accelerando” on a cheap Chinese ereader hacked with open source firmware. Siri in my ears periodically interrupts with a spoken summary of a Slack message from the company lawyer and I shake my head to dismiss it; I’ll be at the office soon anyway. The two guys in Patagonia vests next to me are one-upping each other with AI opinions that aren’t quite based in reality.
Just a regular commute in the Bay Area.
Currently reading: Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley 📚
Finished reading: The Random Universe by Andrew H. Jaffe 📚
Finished reading: Class Clown by Dave Barry 📚
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
By hiding the eyes, mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sunstaring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws.
This is now online for free reading. It’s a must for young cyberpunks who want to understand their history.
Currently reading: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 📚
Finished reading: The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran 📚