false 50 69 59 true 5762131 read 3 true 407410 currently-reading 7 true 407409 to-read 5 false 3676146 science-fiction 3 false 3708262 psychedelics 2 false 3708265 theory 2 false 4216545 spirit 2 false 4216366 writing 1 false 4216544 politics 1 false 4270559 fog-island-research 0 false 4278761 subculture http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/18791.Turner_Maxwell_Books James joined the Turner Maxwell Books and Philip K Dick groups. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46730430 The Difference Engine (Spectra Special Editions) by William Gibson
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49586898 Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs) by Ellen Lupton
I take this off the shelf every time I design a book, magazine, or screed. It always helps me keep things lovely and organized. A key design reference text, and feels good in the hand, too. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49556507 So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback) by Nalo Hopkinson
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48096604 The Dream Archipelago (Hardcover) by Christopher Priest
Amazing. One of the best representations of anthropological fieldwork in fiction that I've read. In the story, the watched people actually stop moving whenever the anthropologists attempt to watch them. Such a fascinating premise. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45690308 Irene's review of The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James

that sounds awesome. I've been meaning to read one of his novels... Maybe I'll start here. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46848962 Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda-Leopard (Paperback) by Patrick O'Brian
This was great for taking my mind off of the business-end of writing and honing back down on how it's supposed to be fun. An adventure story written by a fourteen-year-old starring a protag who is half-panda and half-leopard is perfect for that. I could object that Caesar's feeding habits are pretty much entirely leopard-influenced without much input from the panda side, but what would be the point?

Anyway, this is deeper than it has any right to be, and the ending is quite moving. In Caesar's last thoughts, O'Brian suggests that love may be more valuable than freedom, and captivity a small price to pay for it. Not a sentiment I would normally cherish, but here it was true and justified. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46730493 Different Engines : How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science (Hardcover) by Mark Brake
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