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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Road Signs
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories -
Thoughts from the Aerie
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Memoirs and essays on a range of topics
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: Internet
Book Review: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow
Lest anyone should conclude that the title of this book is merely a blatant foul-mouthed outcry for reader attention, Doctorow states in the acknowledgement section that “in late 2023, the American Dialect Society named enshittification their Word of the Year.” … Continue reading
Book Review: The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow
Recently I took a bus to a bookstore in North Seattle to attend a reading of a new book by Cory Doctorow. It turned out to be not so much a reading as a discussion between Doctorow and Neal Stephenson, … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, Cory Doctorow, Internet, interoperability, Neal Stephenson, technology
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Book Review: LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
Prefacing the conclusion to this riveting and terrifying book is a famous quote by Stewart Brand: “We are as gods and we might as well get good at it.” Brand was the editor of the original Whole Earth Catalog, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Google, Internet, LikeWar, Stewart Brand, Twitter, Whole Earth Catalog
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Book Review: The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson
This is one of those rarities among books: fascinating, well-written, and just the right length for what it sets out to do. It tells the story of the creation of computers, programming, the transistor, the microchip, video games, the Internet, … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, Internet, technology, Walter Isaacson, worldwide web
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Book Review: Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Lives for the Better by Clive Thompson
I got hold of this book fairly quickly from my trusty public library soon after reading Nicholas Carr’s book “The Shallows”. I didn’t like the Carr book. It was negative and reactionary about ubiquitous technology that is here to stay. … Continue reading
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Tagged Clive Thompson, Internet, Nicholas Carr, technology, The Shallows
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Book Review: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
I didn’t like this book. There was too much in it I didn’t agree with. I thought I would like it, and I wanted to like it. It’s on a subject I am very interested in, the use of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet, Nicholas Carr, Plato, Socrates, technology, The Shallows
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