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F.S. Michaels
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I'm in the process of moving this website over to tumblr and should be good to go next week. Until the official switch, the tumblr address is fsmichaels.tumblr.com, but next week www.fsmichaels.com will take you there too.
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Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything
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| An interesting read about what seems now to be the golden era in publishing, by one of Canada's foremost editors. Particularly enjoyed the epilogue, "What Happens After My Book is Published?" that Doug Gibson gave to his new authors under the heading...more | |
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| This is a quirky book. When I started reading it, I first thought, really? Why this guy? Because it's not really a "how to live, work and play in the city" book at all. But it turns out Misha has a lot of interesting thoughts about a lot of things, a...more | |
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| I found this to be a really captivating take on the nature of celebrity and noticeability in a winner-takes-all culture. Coelho, of course, is Brazilian too, so it's refreshing to see a non-North-American perspective on fame (not that Brazil isn't pa...more | |
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| I'm on a sci-fi kick lately, and every year or two, I re-read Dune. It's a classic - so well done. I never have gotten into Herbert's other books, but this one is worth revisiting. | |
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| Found this on the shelf while visiting a friend and for the most part enjoyed browsing it over a couple of nights before bed. It's light reading, a series of little essays about Ephron's life. Some are naturally more interesting than others (making m...more | |
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| I thought this was a great book - a bit of a silly title, given that it's about how to be an activist in Canada, from the former president of the Sierra Club, who is now our first Green Party representative in parliament as of our last national elect...more | |
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