34 posts tagged ‘books’
Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now
Boing Boing,
Cory Doctorow, my friend and longtime Boing Boing colleague, has a new Kickstarter campaign that has already raised over $46,000 for his upcoming novel Picks & Shovels. Set in 1982, this prequel to his Martin Hench series (a forensic accountant in his 60s, known for his expertise in tracing and uncovering hidden financial transactions) follows a young MIT dropout who uncovers religious leaders exploiting their congregations through locked-down PC sales. — Read the rest The post Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now appeared first on Boing Boing.
Haruki Murakami's The City And Its Uncertain Walls expands an early novella to diminishing returns
AV Club,
In his latest novel, Haruki Murakami revisits many familiar themes from his previous work, but doesn't have much new to say.
Carl Sagan on Books
Swiss Miss,
Libro.fm
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks through your local bookstore. Choose the bookstore you’d like to support, and they will get a portion of every purchase you make. (You’re like me and want to get off Audible? You can download your entire library. Here’s a Reddit thread on it too.)
Alphabet in Motion
Kelli Anderson is a magician. Alphabet in Motion is an ABC Pop-up Book on how about letters get their shapes. Mad respect for this work of art which took Kelli 5 years to create. Let’s support her.
The Universe in Verse
My dear friend Maria Popova of has a new book out and it’s a thing of beauty. Both content and design wise. Definitely gifting this during this holiday season.
A Side of Tea and Poetry
What a time to be alive and 18! My daughter Ella just self-published her first poetry book. You can read her poetry over at ellajoy.com and if you enjoy it, support this young poet by buying a copy of her book. What other young poets should be on my radar?
New online class about mind-bending science fiction writer Philip K. Dick taught by the stars of PKD scholarship
"Welcome to punk rock literary criticism!" says Philip K. Dick scholar David Gill who is launching a new online course starting January 30 all about the strange, prophetic, and influential author of dozens of essential novels including Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Ubik, and A Scanner Darkly. — Read the rest The post New online class about mind-bending science fiction writer Philip K. Dick taught by the stars of PKD scholarship appeared first on Boing Boing.