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The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye is an American novel by J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form …
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The Catcher in the Rye is an American novel by J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form …
Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely …
Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely …
With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant--and harrowing--warning against the …
For those who are clued up on a lot of the references this book is pulling from then there is not a lot here that is new. It makes for a good summary but I would not suggest this as an entry point for thinking critically about our relationship with tech. The most insightful part was Mr Postman's take on what he would propose to combat a technopoly. Unfortunately what he says is brief but I'd prefer to read a book about what he wrote in those brief passages than the rest of it.
Pale Fire is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", …
With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant--and harrowing--warning against the …
This can be considered China Meiville's more 'straight' novel upon first read-through. The fantasy is not as in your face as previous outings and deliberately so. Instead it is relegated to a point of perception in the reader, a sort of anti-fantasy. It played with my expectations, with reveals that do not go where you expect or want them to go but at the same time leaving you wanting more. This is a tight telling of a crime procedural that had me page flipping til the end. Always a good sign.
When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us …
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a …
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
La aventura épica de Hyperion alcanza su clímax cuando los peregrinos se reúnen ante las Tumbas del Tiempo y éstas …