29.Apr.2010 at 29 | jspeyton
On brothers, latrines, closing out the city, starting the big machine, and uncovering the hidden brain:
No excuses for my two-day silence. Onwards and upwards, folks! Besides, I’m feeling pretty good since I just polished off China Mieville’s The City & The City. I’ll say only that I liked it, because I’ve found that the less [...]
Tagged: Reading ,big machine, brothers, china mieville, shankar vedantam, the city & the city, the hidden brain, victor lavalle, yu hua
14.Apr.2010 at 14 | jspeyton
On library loots and too many books to read:
It appears that today is library loot day, and boy do I have a mountain for you. I may not have been blogging much in that last month or so, but I’ve spent a lot of quality time in the library checking out books I can’t possibly [...]
Tagged: Reading ,chinua achebe, dear american airlines, denis johnson, ira berlin, nicholson barker, stitches, the big machine, the city and the city, the hidden brain, when you reach me