This should be compulsory reading for anyone who intends to be part of society, ie everyone. A fascinating way of looking at art and its purposes. The fact that art can have a purpose, rather than just be "art for art's sake", is a refreshing, timely idea.
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I'll give this summary a little more thought later, but for now I'll just say I'm really enjoying books by Jeff Noon, Patrick deWitt, Becky Chambers etc. My main Mastodon account is @terry@social.coop. Am I doing this right?
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Terry Madeley rated To Be Taught, If Fortunate: 4 stars
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as …
Terry Madeley rated Summerland: 3 stars
Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi
"How do you catch a spy who's already dead?"
Loss is a thing of the past. Murder is obsolete. …
Terry Madeley rated The Happy Depressive: 4 stars
Terry Madeley rated A man of shadows: 4 stars
Terry Madeley rated William Gibson's Alien 3: 3 stars
Terry Madeley rated Machines Like Me: 4 stars
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Machines Like Me takes place in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in …
Terry Madeley rated Speak: A Novel: 4 stars
Terry Madeley rated How to Do Nothing: 5 stars
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our …
Terry Madeley rated Content Provider: 5 stars
Terry Madeley rated Discovering Scarfolk: 5 stars
Terry Madeley rated New Dark Age: 4 stars
New Dark Age by James Bridle
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single …
Terry Madeley rated Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune Chronicles, #6): 3 stars
Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune Chronicles, #6) by Frank Herbert
Chapterhouse: Dune is a 1985 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the last in his Dune series of six novels. …
Terry Madeley rated French Exit: 4 stars
Terry Madeley reviewed Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton
Review of 'Art as Therapy' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This should be compulsory reading for anyone who intends to be part of society, ie everyone. A fascinating way of looking at art and its purposes. The fact that art can have a purpose, rather than just be "art for art's sake", is a refreshing, timely idea.