Earlier today I was browsing the 80s entries for political and historical events and I stumbled upon a mention of “Mad” Mike Hoare, who is a mercenary my father told me stories about in the past. What a flashback. Would like to read one of the books penned by the guy, but the prices are a bit mad.
Month: December 2005
Lunar New Year Reads, Book #32: Manifold: Origin by Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is one of those writers whose work I don’t actually know very well, but what I know of, I enjoy immensely. This is the fourth novel written or co-written by him that I have read, and the conclusion to a series I’ve downright admired, the Manifold Series. Manifold is a series of books dealing with different answers to the Fermi Paradox, which is based upon this question: if indeed the requisite materials and conditions for life as, indeed, as common as they seem to be in our universe, why do we not see evidence of life everywhere we …
Lunar New Year Reads, Book #31: A Draft of XXX Cantos
Ezra Pound is one of the modern masters of poetry. Ezra Pound was a dismal failure. Ezra Pound was a genius. Ezra Pound was a madman. These readings of the man, or readings of the man from his Cantos, I can understand. I can understand each of them, collectively as well as individually, and I can even affirm them collectively as well as individually. You might say that Ezra Pound transformed poetry forever, and I would not be inclined to disagree with you. On the other hand, you might be inclined to say he inflicted terrible wounds on poetry and …
Richard Pryor’s Gone
Requiescat In Pace.
Lawrence Lessig And Free Culture
I’ve been “reading” Lawrence Lessig’s book Free Culture lately. Well, listening to it, too. It’s brilliant and definitely worth checking out. If you want to listen, it’s free — yes, free, recorded as mp3s under his Creative Commons license. Download the free, legal audiobook torrent using this link (which was gleaned from the legaltorrents site). I’ll be having a lot to say about this book very soon. Courtesy of the esteemed Lawrence Lessig’s blog: Glypho is a new site experimenting with collective authorship. And here’s a video clip on a documentary about some the main important problems Lessig is writing …