I have absolutely no interest in sport, but with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson writing a column for ESPN, I may suddenly acquire a taste for it.
A journey through the UK’s remaining independent bookshops as they survive the onslaught of the big online and offline chains.
How close is runaway climate change? Way too close for comfort.
The independent on the books many people own but have never read. Strangely enough, I’m busy reading Cloud Atlas which is in their top 5 and I can’t put it down it’s so captivating.
Wonderful summary of the inane Thomas Friedman. I could never get the hullaballoo surrounding that fellow.
Lovely interior. Makes you want to curl up with a book.
We should strive to become “unborable”.
On the plus side: you can enjoy books over and over again.
My “want to read” list just got bigger.
Great article on the Paris catacombs and the "cataphiles" that map and explore them. It's excerpted from a book which I'm definitely adding to my reading pile.
Fantastic article by Craig Mod on the implicit contracts we enter into when giving our attention to digital media. He refers to this as a lack of edges which is the best description I've seen of the issue to date. Read it.
a Gibsonian apocalypse: the end of the world is already here; it’s just not very evenly distributed.
Brilliant interview with William Gibson.
The New York Times takes a peek at background celebrity bookshelves as they get interviewed from home.
Not The Onion:
When Tahmima Anam set out to write her popular new novel The Startup Wife, she created a world for its characters to live in, including a secretive incubator called Utopia and the fictional startups it helped launch, complete with website. One of those fake companies has captured the imagination of VCs and other investors who don't know it's a fake -- and are interested in funding it.
One of the best ways to find good things to read is to look for the essays that were so good that they eventually became books.
An interesting list of essays that eventually became books, with links to both. I've read a few and, honestly, the essay is usually fine. Non-fiction books have a tendency to add filler in order to hit a minimum page count.
