Marc Weidenbaum 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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Festival
Christopher Golden
I live close to Golden Gate Park. The best part of the Outside Lands Festival is Thursday, when the bands tune up, as they are doing now. It's a popular-music rendition of one of Christopher DeLaurenti's orchestra tuning recordings: bits of riffs as the sound system gels.
Hardcover, 2022
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The Wire
Sherryl Vint
I wrote a review of Robert Fripp's new book, the 561-page The Guitar Circle, for the latest issue of The Wire (the one with Tyshawn Sorey on the cover). Full text is in the print and (paywall) online edition. https://t.co/Go7TadEmN3
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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
Not knowing enough about American history eventually led me to Walter Isaacson's biography of Benjamin Franklin, which I read in advance of his 2011 book on Steve Jobs just to have a sense of how much of a hagiography the latter might prove to be.
Hardcover, 2011
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Summerland
Hannu Rajaniemi
#21 Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi. An alternate-history late-1930s spy story in which life after death necessitates a new branch of the British intelligence services — i.e., "What if Johanna Constantine was the protagonist of a John le Carré novel?" Very enjoyable. https://t.co/kXfZBtsD7o
Paperback, 2019
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The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle
Neal Stephenson
#18 Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I strive to get into historical fiction but I'm usually left wanting to read more history. I'm not sure I'm moving on to volume two of the Baroque Cycle for a while. Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon remain my favorite Stephenson novels. https://t.co/uRnCkNJwRf
Paperback, 2005
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The Future of Another Timeline
Annalee Newitz
#22 The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz. Time travel novel where history is battled over via "edits" that are like real-life Wikipedia edit wars — imagine Stephenson/Galland's DODO with gravitas and punk rock, or Octavia Butler having rewritten Back to the Future. https://t.co/j916O51fBL
Paperback, 2020
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Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson
#18 Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I strive to get into historical fiction but I'm usually left wanting to read more history. I'm not sure I'm moving on to volume two of the Baroque Cycle for a while. Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon remain my favorite Stephenson novels. https://t.co/uRnCkNJwRf
Paperback, Mass Market, 2002
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 20
Kazuki Takahashi
RIP, Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi, just 60 years old. I got to meet him when I was editor-in-chief of the English language edition of Shonen Jump. It's hard to overstate the impact of the manga, anime, and games. https://t.co/kTiycZhDNm https://t.co/bqQ1sLOVhb
Paperback, 2007
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Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle
Neal Stephenson
#18 Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I strive to get into historical fiction but I'm usually left wanting to read more history. I'm not sure I'm moving on to volume two of the Baroque Cycle for a while. Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon remain my favorite Stephenson novels. https://t.co/uRnCkNJwRf
Paperback, 2004
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Termination Shock
Neal Stephenson
The word "blindsight" finally appears in Peter Watts' novel of that name about 45% of the way through, sort of how the term "termination shock" appears roughly 50% of the way through Neal Stephenson's novel of that name. I've seen other examples, but that's the one on my mind.
Paperback, 2022
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