Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon – Kim Zetter
This book is truly excellent journalism. Just try to go into it without spoilers.
A Storm of Swords – George R. R. Martin
Hey look, it’s season three.
Niente di nuovo sul fronte di Rebibbia – Zerocalcare
I picked up some nostalgia bait and read it.
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Slan – A. E. van Vogt
Once upon a time, science-fictions fans referred to themselves as Slans. Now it seems a bit much.
The Revolt of the Public: And The Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium – Martin Gurri
Another book that tried to explain why everything feels wrong now-a-days.
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The Inverted World – Christopher Priest
Good sci-fi is hard to pull off, and as the technology improves, it is getting increasingly harder.
Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science – Paul Gross and Norman Levitt
Attacks on Post-modernism are so frequently right-wing screeds. This one doesn’t even try to hide it.
Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates
Oh look, I actually liked one
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – Benjamin Franklin
A whole lot of bravado from one of America’s founders.
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The Troop – Nick Cutter
Try as I might, horror just doesn’t work for me.
Failures in Polymathy 