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05/29
jonathan
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Beautiful Evidence (Hardcover) by Edward R. Tufte bookshelves: currently-reading |
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07/25
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Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!: Writers on Comics (Hardcover) by Sean Howe bookshelves: books-ive-read, currently-reading |
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read in June, 2007
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"I kept this on my bedside table and read it in stints. A mixed bag, but worthwhile if you have any sort of sentimental love for comic books.
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05/29
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Grid Systems in Graphic Design (Hardcover) by Josef Muller-Brockmann bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Ghost Brigades (Mass Market Paperback) by John Scalzi |
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read in August, 2008
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"Solid. Not as good as the prior Old Man's War, but a fun read. I tore through it in no time.
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Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity (Paperback) by Jakob Nielsen |
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read in August, 2008
jonathan said:
"I've been hearing about this "game-changing" book for years, and finally picked it up on a bargain rack. Its hard to judge its impact in the late 1990s, but it doesn't hold up well, and Nielsen's tone is pretty irritating.
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Little Brother (Hardcover) by Cory Doctorow |
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Old Man's War (Mass Market Paperback) by John Scalzi |
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recommended for: Heinlein fans
read in July, 2008
jonathan said:
"This Scalzi guy does a *mean* [Robert Heinlein:] impression. With nanobots! A little more "sci-fi" than "speculative fiction", the groundwork and concepts are there, but this is first and foremost a sci-fi military new recruit no...more
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Rainbows End (Mass Market Paperback) by Vernor Vinge |
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read in June, 2008
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"I'm new to the speculative fiction game, but Rainbow's End blew me away with the depth of its vision for the near future. Numerous offhand details and bagatelles beg for a book--or a real-world research program--of their own.
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Framing the Debate: Famous Presidential Speeches and How Progressives Can Use Them to Change the Conversation (And Win Elections) by Jeffrey Feldman bookshelves: to-read-tier02 |
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The Man in the High Castle (Paperback) by Philip K. Dick |
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read in January, 2008
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"Of the few Dick books I've read, this is the most grounded. While it shows its age in terms of pacing, it's a deep and thoughtful self-facing novel that engages the act of its own reading. Italo Calvino or ...more
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Interface (Paperback) by Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George |
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recommended to jonathan by:
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recommended for: politicos, technogeeks, lovers of a well-paced novel read in January, 2008
jonathan said:
"Startlingly prescient and incredibly fun to read, the strangest part of reading this decade-old book was watching real-life events unfold that were uncannily close to the book's fantastical plot devices. Jill Bolte Taylor's story of being a neuroscientist recognizing her own ongoing stroke heavil...more
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Meet the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats by Adam Koford |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (Great Discoveries) by David Leavitt |
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read in June, 2008
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