Category Archives: books

books: sex and science-fiction

Posted on 2011-05-20 by skierpage

Three S.F. books, all going way beyond impersonal characterless scientists in lab coats. Sprawling, very good! 2011-02-20skierpageproduct River of Gods by Ian McDonald ★★★★☆ This does a fantastic job of presenting the foreign culture of Indian nation-states on the brink … Continue reading →

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books: Richard Ford’s dispassionate adultery misses his peak

Posted on 2011-04-22 by skierpage

far from his best Jan 01, 2011 by skierpageproduct A Multitude of Sins ★★☆☆☆ Richard Ford‘s short story The Womanizer in book 40 of the Granta literary magazine knocked me out, perhaps my favorite modern short story until The God … Continue reading →

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books: a dull book about design

Posted on 2011-04-22 by skierpage

Small Things Considered is lazy and downright terrible. Continue reading →

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