Ken MacLeod Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Author: 19 science fiction novels. Prometheus, BSFA, Seiun, Sidewise awards winner; Hugo, Nebula, Clarke shortlisted. Leftist dad. Ostalgie for the Free World.
1983: Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink
Taylor DowningKen MacLeod@flying_rodent @arghmed @robhwilliamson @IiiKingj 1983: The World at the Brink by Taylor Downing is eye-opening. Only a frantic last-minute message from a Stasi spy in NATO HQ convinced them Able Archer was just an exercise.
Hardcover, 2018
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The Man Who Sold the Moon
Robert A. HeinleinKen MacLeod@CatHobbs Reminds me of the classic short story by Robert A. Heinlein: 'The Man who Sold the Moon'.
Paperback, Mass Market, 2000
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Light Reading: Book One of the Light Trilogy
Dark MyerKen MacLeodLimited time deal! Only £0.99 Beyond the Hallowed Sky: Book One of the Lightspeed Trilogy by Ken Ma... https://t.co/o1t2l0QqNl via @AmazonUK
Paperback, 2018
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Ethics
AristotleKen MacLeod@shirkerism @_SeeEmPlay The late Andrew Collier (though I think a Christian) wrote on this and in praise of Aristotle's ethics.
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Just City
Jo WaltonKen MacLeod@ARossP Also Marge Piercy, Joanna Russ, and Le Guin. The Just City by Jo Walton @BluejoWalton is about political philosophy.
Paperback, 2015
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Son of the Storm
Suyi Davies OkungbowaKen MacLeodRT @FictitiousPod: SON OF THE STORM author Suyi Davies Okungbowa talks about writing his African-inspired fantasy novel, world-building usi…
Paperback, 2021
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Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties
Tariq AliKen MacLeod@kmflett @NewLeftReview I think Tariq Ali, in his memoir Street Fighting Years, mentions it being carried on one of the VSC demos.
Paperback, 2024
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Pragmatism
William JamesKen MacLeodReading 'Pragmatism' by William James, usually a clear writer, and am struck by his frequent use of words and phrases in e.g. Latin and German WHICH HAVE DIRECT ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS for no reason I can see except fashion or pretention.
Paperback, 1995
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Pragmatism
William JamesKen MacLeodReading 'Pragmatism' by William James, usually a clear writer, and am struck by his frequent use of words and phrases in e.g. Latin and German WHICH HAVE DIRECT ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS for no reason I can see except fashion or pretention.
Paperback, 2010
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Red Plenty
Francis SpuffordKen MacLeod@MorlockP @BrianCAlbrecht I've read 'From Marx to Mises' by David Ramsey Steele more than once and would recommend it, likewise 'Red Plenty' by Francis Spufford. Walrassian tatonnement is (I think) part of the Lange scheme. But see @PaulCockshott for more recent proposals for planning with computers.
Paperback, 2012
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