Tag: Books
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William Gibson, archaeologist
Earlier this year, in cold January morning commutes, I finally read William Gibson’s masterpiece trilogy. If you know me personally, this may sound ironic, because I dig geek culture quite a bit. Still, I’m a slow reader and I never had a chance to read the three books before. Which was good, actually, because I…
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Introducing the Nobel Prize in Literature Index
I have been thinking about my own ignorance in culture recently, questioning my self-perception as an intellectual. A good example of this is how many Nobel laureates in Literature I have never bothered to read at all. In some cases books were only assignments in highschool, but I think that counts as education after all.…
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Libri 2013
Anche quest’anno una recensione sommaria dei libri che ho letto. Sempre troppo pochi. Libri vecchi e libri nuovi. Impressioni incoerenti. Questa non è una classifica. Wu Ming 1, Roberto Santachiara. Point Lenana Il mio libro del 2013. Perché? Primo, perché è un libro che racconta una storia che mi appartiene un po’, avendola ereditata, di…