quarantine reading 2020
31 Jan 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
- A list of all the books I read, more or less. Not nearly as many as one would have hoped.
- This page used to be called just "quarantine reading"; didn't think this would be stretching on for three years.
- Phase I (Feb-Aug 2020)
- Wittgenstein's Mistress, David Markson, 2/11
- The Flip, Jeffrey Kripal , 2/16
- The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, Philip Pullman, 2/23
- Promethea v2, Alan Moore / J. H. Williams, 3/11
- Distraction, Bruce Sterling 4/2
- Congress of the Animals / Fran / Weathercraft, Jim Woodring, 4/22
- White Noise, Don Delillo, 5/3
- Why William Blake Matters, John Higgs 5/20
- Black Sunday, Thomas Harris 5/25
- Ægypt, John Crowley 6/21
- The Vimalakirti Sutra , tr. Robert Thurman id:: uLPwA6WHn updated-at:: 1609551462564 credit the teachers and point to their videos
- The design of design, Fred Brooks, 7/14 Fun fact: I read this in preparation for giving [a presentation on "Software Engineering 101"] to our highschool interns.
- Fearful Symmetry, Northrop Frye
- Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee, 7/16
- Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, 8/2
- Phase 2 (Aug-Dec 2020)
- Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse, 8/15 (reread)
- Materialism, Terry Eagleton (skimming parts) 8/16
- Infinite Detail, Maugham, 9/5 – (eh. William Gibsonish but not as good)
- The Long Goodbye, Chandler, 9/8 (reread - some notes in j)
- The Golem and the Jinni, 9/24 (rec from dm/jlr, kinda nice)
- Free Play, Stephen Nachmanovitch 10/10
- Meditation in Action, Trungpa, 10/30 (very good, very compact intense summary, with some short bio info)
- Werelord Thal, 11/18 (pure dreck but enjoyable)
- Reaganland, Rick Perstein (partial)
- Hamming book (partial)
- Poochytown, Jim Woodring the continuing adventures of Frank. Also watched this good documentary on Jim Woodring and his art, did not exactly explain anything.
- Sandman Overture 11/21 (graphic, reread)
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirly Jackson, 11/25
- The Overstory, Powers