Tagged “book”
I’ve started reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin.
I’ve started reading A Promised Land by Barack Obama.
An ebook boilerplate (on Go Make Things)
My ebook boilerplate is a command-line script that uses Pandoc, wkhtmltopdf, and Calibre to compile all of the files, syntax highlight code snippets, and automatically generate all of the file formats.
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
The second Phillp K Dick I’ve read this year is his alternative-history sci-fi classic.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
In my ongoing quest to catch up on books I should have read years ago, I recently finished reading “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” – the book on which Bladerunner was based.
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
A strange, otherwordly and often pretty funny tale of a Scottish minister’s dance with The Devil.
A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
I’ll tell you wot – that woz a propa’ poolside page-turner and no mistake. Nice work Russ Forman.
1984 by George Orwell
I’ve just read 1984 by George Orwell. I know, I know… I should have done this a long time ago. Anyway, here’s what I thought.
Stasiland
I've just finished reading Stasiland by Anna Funder, having received the recommendation from a friend.
It tells a series of extraordinary and often heart-wrenching stories from the underbelly of the former East Germany. I thought it was fantastic and highly recommend it.
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