Tag: books
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There’s more to homegrown African literature than what Western publishers favor » African literature is the object of immense international interest across both academic and popular registers. Far from the… more ›
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Autonomous by Annalee Newitz is SF punk for a new generation » Ever since the publication of William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer, which helped jumpstart the cyberpunk subgenre, there’s been… more ›
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Brian Eno Lists 20 Books for Rebuilding Civilization & 59 Books For Building Your Intellectual World Open Culture » Brian Eno Lists 20 Books for Rebuilding Civilization & 59 Books… more ›
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Galaxy Magazine » Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking… more ›
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HBO is looking to post-apocalyptic Africa for its next cult classic » Afrofuturism is coming to HBO, thanks in part to Game of Thrones-creator George R. R. Martin. Nigerian-American science-fiction… more ›
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America’s Collision Course With China » EVERYTHING UNDER THE HEAVENS How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power By Howard W. French Illustrated. 330 pp. Alfred A. Knopf.… more ›
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American Spies: Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, and What To Do About It » Jennifer Stisa Granick, the Director of Civil Liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet… more ›
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Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare » NOTE: This list (including some of the errors I originally made) is found in several other places online. That’s fine, but I’ve asked… more ›
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The Library of Babel » I was thinking about the Borges story The Library of Babel (which you can read here, and browse random books from here) l and I… more ›