What Independent Bookshops Really Sell
https://www.persuasion.community/p/what-independent-bookshops-really
They’re a haven from soulless corporations. But are they also insular communities?
Stumbling on Happiness - by Daniel Gilbert | Derek Sivers
https://sive.rs/book/StumblingOnHappiness
When Tsundoku Meets Döstädning
https://auxiliarymemory.com/2024/07/09/when-tsundoku-meets-dostadning/
by James Wallace Harris, 7/9/24 Tsundoku is a Japanese term for buying books and magazines far faster than you can read them. Döstädning is a concept from Sweden that translates into death cleaning…
Go read some Vernor Vinge
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/go-read-some-vernor-vinge
R.I.P. to my favorite science fiction author
PKD's Divine Interference - Techgnosis
https://techgnosis.com/pkds-divine-interference/
One from the Archive
J.G. Ballard: My Favorite Books
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/j-g-ballard-my-favorite-books/
The renowned English writer reflects on the literature that shaped his imagination.
2023 Biography of Marian Rejewski: “The First Enigma Codebreaker” | flyingpenguin
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=49767
Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/paul-auster-dies-aged-77-death-american-author-new-york-trilogy?CMP=twt_books_b-gdnbooks
The writer of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and 4 3 2 1 – known for his stylised postmodernist fiction – has died from complications of lung cancer
https://www.ore.lt/2024/05/kodel-gyvendami-kaip-niekad-gerai-nuolat-jauciames-persidirbe-ir-nelaimingi-zvelgiant-filosofiskai-esame-nuovargio-visuomene
Pluralistic: The true post-cyberpunk hero is a noir forensic accountant (17 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: The true post-cyberpunk hero is a noir forensic accountant (17 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/17/panama-papers-fanfic/