Julien Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Julien on X
Tactical retreats into aestheticism, history, literature, fútbol, urbanism, politics, and frivolity. (English/español/français)
The Long Ships
Frans G. BengtssonJulienI watched “The Northman” last night, and it was interesting but a bit grim, and I didn’t like how everyone spoke English but in some weird undefinable “Viking” accent. I really wish someone would make a movie or series based on Frans Bengtsson’s “The Long Ships.” More fun.
Paperback, 2010
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Symposium
PlatoJulienConservatives love to push “the classics” without reading them. Plato’s Symposium posits that humans were once two people combined, and sexual attraction is our desire to be rejoined. Gay people were doubled men or women, straight people were man-woman combos. Sounds woke to me!
Paperback, 2009
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At Last: The Final Patrick Melrose Novel
Edward St AubynJulienExcellent use of “Sunset Boulevard” in Edward St. Aubyn’s “At Last”: https://t.co/RyqopJ3CUV
Paperback, 2012
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Lord of Light
Roger ZelaznyJulien@harikunzru @Harpers @WIRED Do you know the sci-fi novel “Lord of Light” by Roger Zelazny? About an elite who use technology to stay immortal and rule over the rest of the people on the planet—whom they keep the tech away from—as gods, complete with coin-operated prayer machines. From 1967 but relevant!
Paperback, 2010
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Antigone: A New Translation
SophoclesJulien@socceralt @BartonMarks Sophocles’s “Antigone” is entirely about the difficulty of knowing what the virtuous and just path actually is when there are competing and contradictory claims about it. It was written in 441 BCE!
Paperback, 2012
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How Much Land Does A Man Need?
Leo TolstoyJulienJust read Tolstoy’s “How Much Land Does A Man Need,” which begins with a diversion, quickly introduces the devil (yes, Satan) as a character, and has an ending that’s basically the punchline to a cruel joke, and yet…it’s great. A story I’ll never forget. https://t.co/bTNW1i55F9
Paperback, 2016
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The Fall of Berlin 1945
Antony BeevorJulienI don’t often indulge in ancestral pride, but this passage from Antony Beevor’s “The Fall of Berlin 1945” makes me want to sing “La Marseillaise.” 🫡🇫🇷 https://t.co/0ueycMj1ZE
Paperback, 2003
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