What a delightful book. I'm enjoying this more than anything I've read this year I think. Splendid Speckled Mosscap Is such a great character, and the slow paced, almost meditative quality of the text is a balm for the reader. I hope it ends as it's begun.
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Lurking: How a Person Became a User by Joanne McNeil
A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of view of the user
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Humour, anger, and human connection
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A beautifully-written short novel that somehow manages to balance a bleak picture of a flooded earth where only the garage patch survives with hope and connection? Catherynne Valente is an incredible writer.
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Survival of the Richest by Douglas Rushkoff
Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Kirkus and Literary Hub
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The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is by Justin E. H. Smith
Many think of the internet as an unprecedented and overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology. But is it? In …