Archive - 2009

The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle

author: Philip K. Dick

name: Steev

average rating: 3.86

book published: 1962

rating: 5

read at: 2004/06/01

date added: 2009/10/17

shelves: novels, politics

review:
I think this is still my favorite of all PKD's novels. It has the most sweeping vision of alternate reality and it is the most chilling and close to home, even if it's one of the most outlandish.

A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly

author: Philip K. Dick

name: Steev

average rating: 4.00

book published: 1977

rating: 4

read at: 2009/09/15

date added: 2009/10/17

shelves: novels

review:
As usual, PKD messes with your head in this "what is reality?" and "what is self?" psychodrama.

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An Age of New Narrative Structures and Fearing The Future

Earlier this week Greta and I went to see the new climate change film The Age of Stupid. It's a documentary with a speculative fiction frame around it, and that's what I want to talk about, the form, rather than the content of the film. I've blogged before several times about climate change. You know where I stand on that. Read more>>>

The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Steev
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1974
rating: 5
read at: 2003/01/01
date added: 2009/09/20
shelves: fun, novels, politics
review:

Always Coming Home

Always Coming Home

author: Ursula K. Le Guin

name: Steev

average rating: 3.52

book published: 1985

rating: 5

read at: 2003/01/01

date added: 2009/09/20

shelves: novels, politics

review:

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web

author: Louis Rosenfeld

name: Steev

average rating: 3.82

book published: 1998

rating: 3

read at:

date added: 2009/09/18

shelves:

review:

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most

author: Douglas Stone

name: Steev

average rating: 3.87

book published: 1999

rating: 5

read at: 2009/09/10

date added: 2009/09/16

shelves: spirit-self

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

author: Junot Díaz

name: Steev

average rating: 3.88

book published: 2007

rating: 4

read at: 2009/09/16

date added: 2009/09/16

shelves: novels