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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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Book Cover for: Festival, Christopher Golden

Festival

Christopher Golden
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

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

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Wire

Sherryl Vint
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

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
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

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
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

#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

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle

Neal Stephenson
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

#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
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

#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
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

#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
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

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

$7.95$3.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle

Neal Stephenson
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

#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
Marc WeidenbaumMarc Weidenbaum

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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