Just finished the novel #ReadyPlayerOne. Thoroughly enjoyed this one!
Lots of geeky references to classic video games, Dungeons and Dragons, and related culture from the 70s-90s, but set in a near future dystopia dominated by a MMORPG called the OASIS.
Kind of like the Hunger Games, if Cory Doctorow had written it. And Doctorow even makes a brief cameo in the book.
For no particular reason, I had The Rooster Bar by John Grisham on my TBR and started reading it this week. I don't normally go for "airport books," but this one is a ton of fun. Now I remember why I read over a dozen of Grisham's books in the 90s and early 2000s. It's been a while since I picked him up... almost a couple decades, but I'm glad I did again.
FTR, The Rooster Bar has nothing to do with chickens. 😉
English novelist Henry Kingsley died #OTD in 1876.
He achieved considerable popularity with his Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn (1859), a novel of Australian life. This was the first of a series of novels of which Ravenshoe (1861) & The Hillyars and The Burtons (1865) are the best known. He edited for eighteen months the Edinburgh Daily Review, for which he had acted as war correspondent during the Franco-German War.
I've recently realized that gamebooks might have been a rare 90s phenomenon in Bulgaria only. While I was growing up, those kept my imagination and passion for writing.
However, based on my discussions, gamebooks don't seem to have been that popular globally.
Thus, my question. Have you ever seen or played gamebooks?
Just popping up to share that we now have confirmed dates for the West Coast leg of my Lifehouse tour! It would make me beyond happy to see you on August 1st at Elliott Bay in Seattle (w/Dean Spade!),
August 3rd at Page Against the Machine in Long Beach,
August 6th at Green Apple’s 9th Ave store in San Francisco, or August 8 at Powell's in Portland – and hopefully break bread with you afterward. Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested! #mutualaid#climate#anarchism#books
I can hardly wait until the release of 'The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: Volume 5', with haiku, poems and a short (fictional) story by me. Pre-orders of this beautiful e-book until 3 June for just $ /€ 4,99 instead of $/€ 9,99.
I can hardly wait until the release of 'The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: Volume 5', with haiku, poems and a short (fictional) story by me. Pre-orders of this beautiful e-book until 3 June for just $ 4,99 instead of $ 9,99.
HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act at a Time by Brad Aronson, 2020
Bestseller and Canadian Book Club Awards Winner is filled with true stories about how one small deed can make a world of difference.
Brad provides dozens of ways you can make a difference through the simplest words and deeds. You'll discover how buying someone a meal or sharing a little encouragement at the right time can change someone's world, as well as your own.
Cyber Republic: Reinventing Democracy in the Age of Intelligent Machines by George Zarkadakis, 2020
Science and tech expert George Zarkadakis presents an indispensable guide to making liberal democracies more inclusive, and the digital economy more equitable in the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen, 2020
An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials—the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it, and the need for drastic change**
Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Do you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram because you’re too exhausted to pick up a book?
Believing in Dawkins: The New Spiritual Atheism by Eric Steinhart, 2020
In this book, atheist philosopher Eric Steinhart explores the spiritual dimensions of Richard Dawkins’ books, which are shown to encompass:
· the meaning and purpose of life
· an appreciation of Platonic beauty and truth
· a deep belief in the rationality of the universe
· an aversion to both scientism and nihilism
@being There's a chapter on Burkina Faso cinema in this book.
Often referred to as Africa’s Hollywood–Burkina Faso, ranked by the UN as the third poorest country in the world (2005), is considered a kind of role model for sub-Saharan African cinema.
In the week Jenny Erpenbeck won the #InternationalBookerPrize catch her on the @fictionable#podcast recalling the fall of the Berlin Wall and discussing her prizewinning novel Kairos, translated by Michael Hofmann.
The Cords That Bind: A Liminal Tale in the Finding Humanity series
When Eka’s unexplained energetic connection to Rana puts his life in danger, the elders concoct a dangerous way to heal their psychic cord. Eka just needs to survive the treatment.