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Cloud Atlas, brought to you by the Wachowskis

Posted on September 15, 2012 by meyoung
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Cloud Atlas has been made into a movie by the Wachowskis! When I heard there was going to be a movie made of this book I was SERIOUSLY skeptical, but also intrigued. My first reaction was that it’s undoable, so … Continue reading →

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Huh? Take 2

Posted on June 30, 2012 by meyoung
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The New Yorker has excellent coverage and analysis of the ongoing saga of the DoJ suit against Apple and publishers Macmillan and Penguin, the two publishers that decided not to settle. Again, I love lower prices, but do I trust … Continue reading →

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The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle Day One and The Wise Man’s Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle Day Two, both by Patrick Rothfuss

Posted on May 3, 2012 by meyoung
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Normally I wouldn’t have chosen to read this book, but a good friend, whose reading taste overlaps with my own to a large enough degree, highly recommended it and, in fact, urged me to read it. She’d never urged me … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of Arthur, by Arthur Phillips

Posted on April 29, 2012 by meyoung
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What if your dad gave you a MegaMillions lotto ticket when the jackpot had been ramped up to a bjillion dollars? What if it was the only winning ticket? What if your dad is a master forger? That is just … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on April 11, 2012 by meyoung
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I’m so confused. I know I want to pay as little as possible, but I don’t want to kill the publishing industry. I don’t like that these publishers colluded with Apple, but I’m still afraid of Amazon and their monopolistic … Continue reading →

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Literary Living

Posted on April 10, 2012 by meyoung
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Sigh. Another reason to move back.

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Against the Day

Posted on April 4, 2012 by meyoung
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If you were a vector, mademoiselle, you would begin in the ‘real’ world, change you length, enter an ‘imaginary’ reference system, rotate up to three different ways, and return to ‘reality’ a new person. Or vector. The Anarchists and Socialists … Continue reading →

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