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Just Superlative

I happened to pick up a debut novel titled Singularity, penned by the unfortunately-named Bill DeSmedt. The jacket flap copy on this novel had three all-caps headers: A MAVERICK ASTROPHYSICIST (this character “fingered the culprit”) A ROOKIE SECRET AGENT (a woman! and fresh out of secret agent school, where she probably double-majored in w.m.d. and [...]

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The Porn Myth

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This is an incredibly well-written article describing how the world has indeed become pornographized, a situation which has deadened men to real women, “for how can a real woman… possibly compete with a cybervision of perfection, downloadable and extinguishable at will, who comes, so to speak, utterly submissive and tailored to the consumer’s least specification?” [...]

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Currently Beside My Bed

1. Wikinomics, by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams Three-quarters read, flagged with post-its, highlighted; very good read 2. Thinkertoys, by Michael Michalko Thumbed through 3. Print Magazine, March/April 07 issue Read, flagged 4. Cursor’s Fury: book three of the Codex Alera, by Jim Butcher Just started, good sci-fi series 5. Fast Company magazine, April 07 [...]

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Top Ten Most Influential Books

The rule about this list is that these are the books that were most influential. They shifted the course of my life, rather than being my “favorites” or entertaining me for a week or two. The image above is the books in the order in which I encountered them (15 was a big year for [...]

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One of My Earliest Stupid Ideas, and How It Turned Out

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Watching “Salem’s Lot” while babysitting at home one night. Yep. Here’s the basic timeline of events. 1975: I was ten years old when the “Salem’s Lot” book came out. I read it, so I should have known better than to watch the movie. Alone. At night. 1979: The made for TV movie came out. I [...]

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