End of 2009/Early 2010 Books
10:14 pm February 8th, 2010End of 2009 Books
Backlash - Susan Faludi - This book was amazing. Well written, well researched, and terrifying. Faludi convincingly argues that not only did the 1980s show a cultural backlash against the progress made in womens’ rights in the 1970s, but that the same pattern has been visible historically every time women have made social progress.
Seed to Harvest - Octavia Butler - actually 4 books (Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay’s Ark, Patternmaster)
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
Witness to Roswell - Thomas Carey/Donald Schmitt - for book club. This book argues that extraterrestrials really landed at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. While I wasn’t fully convinced that that’s the case, the book did put up a pretty compelling argument that something really weird happened there, and was covered up by the military.
A Tour of the Calculus - David Berlinski - kind of like if Tom Robbins were teaching Math 152
The Atrocity Archive - Charles Stross - This book had me at “Turing-Lovecraft Thesis”. A neat science fiction book seamlessly integrating otherworldly horrors with the day-to-day responsibilities of a government sysadmin.
2010 Books
1. Concrete Jungle - Charles Stross - the sequel to Atrocity Archive. A shorter, lighter book but still a good time.
2. The Tao is Silent - Raymond Smullyan
3. VALIS - Philip K. Dick - this book is intense! Even crazier than your average Dick book.
4. Fortress of Solitude - Jonathan Lethem
*tee hee
**I am 12.
