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Fascinating to read this book in the present moment and think about the rapid adoption of the Internet, and compare how it was different (faster, government regulation) and the same (starting first as a luxury and business tool but quickly becoming mundane; raising promise and fear of destruction of local communities and businesses).
After she and a dozen other children found them being raised by "Father," a cruel man with mysterious powers, Carolyn …
Swamplandia! is a 2011 novel by the American writer Karen Russell. The novel is set in the Ten Thousand Islands, …
Presents accounts of everyday men and women living amidst war and extremism.
It’s fine to build a book out of a collection of New Yorker articles, but splitting them in half serves no purpose. And the author’s appearances in the text were inconsistent and rarely served a purpose. Still, the stories themselves were very interesting, especially the one about Mauritania, which has been less told.
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, …
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
Jeffrey Eugenides: The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot is a 2011 novel by the American writer, Jeffrey Eugenides. The novel grew out of a manuscript …
The characters all seem familiar and the plot line is a bit clunky, but in a good way (if you liked Lipman's earlier books, you'll like this one).
The characters all seem familiar and the plot line is a bit clunky, but in a good way (if you liked Lipman's earlier books, you'll like this one).
"Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. Sales of authorized …
Meh. Not quite as interesting as the breathless prose would suggest, and padded out.
