What I want to read: Amazon.com Wishlist. Also consult the books section on my blog for reviews and other information.
Fiction
Anything by Lois McMaster Bujold: The Curse of Chalion, Cordelia’s Honor, among many others. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. The Thieves & Kings series by Mark Oakley.
Counting Heads by David Marusek, an excellent book in the same vein as William Gibson and Neal Stepehnson.
Misc.
- Digital Copyright - great overview of Congress’s abdication of copyright to private interests.
- Getting Things Done - nifty time management text.
- Normal Accidents - discuses failure modes of complex systems.
- On Intelligence.
- Time Management for System Administrators - great time management book, written by a System Administrator for System Administrators.
Poetry
I enjoy translations by Red Pine, such as The Clouds Should Know Me By Now : Buddhist Poet Monks of China.
Reading & Writing
- The Elements of Style.
- How to Read a Book.
- Revising Prose - reduce passive verb use, streamline your prose. The Passive Aggression artice contains other insights regarding passive verbs.
Science
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