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Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson
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This book is no more or less than what is billed, a random assortment of one-off articles, lectures, forewords to books, and miscellany, from Gibson, who is a better novelist than essayist. There are some useful nuggets here and there (which I have s...more
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Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Zone One
by Colson Whitehead
read in January, 2012
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Colson Whitehead is easily one of my favorite writers. His sentences are gems. He takes a fairly standard zombie plotline and stretches it into what could be taken for a critique of a society of undead consumerism, people with empty souls going throu...more
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
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The Puppy Diaries by Jill Abramson
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
read in November, 2011
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Not a great book but entertaining 80s pop culture references for someone like me who was in college around that time.
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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
read in November, 2011
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I listened to it on audio. The narrator did a good job. I learned things I didn't know but I agree with critics who say the writer squandered the opportunity to interview Jobs with total access. I woukd have liked to hear more about how he squared hi...more
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Rebel Buddha by Dzogchen Ponlop
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The Magician King by Lev Grossman
The Magician King
by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)
read in October, 2011
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