Mark Sumner 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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The Hate U Give
Angie ThomasMark SumnerThe same thoughts and lies are what drive “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, and 200 other books to be banned from Florida schools under new laws passed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. …
Paperback, Large Print, 2022
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Correspondence: 11
John AdamsMark Sumner@patriottakes Treaty of Tripoli, Art. 11. "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..." -- written under George Washington, signed by John Adams, ratified by the Senate in 1797.
Paperback, 2018
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All Work and No Play
Rapide ProduzioniMark SumnerThis is a “1,000 page report” the same way that Jack Torrance wrote a 1,000 page novel in The Shining. “All work and no play makes Jim Jordan a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jim Jordan a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jim Jordan a dull boy. All work and no play…” https://t.co/9njgojcdnv
Paperback, 2021
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Brave New World
Aldous HuxleyMark SumnerThe same thoughts and lies are what drive “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, and 200 other books to be banned from Florida schools under new laws passed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. …
Paperback, 2006
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1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellMark Sumner“Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.” 2022 GOP Party Motto (also, George Orwell, 1984)
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
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The Color Purple
Alice WalkerMark SumnerThe same thoughts and lies are what drive “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, and 200 other books to be banned from Florida schools under new laws passed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. …
Paperback, 2019
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The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age
John HorganMark Sumner@IslandGenomics From 1996 -- John Horgan's "The End of Science." Proposing that the cost and difficulty of making new fundamental discoveries constantly increases, and that it was by then approaching the point where it was next to impossible to make a breakthrough. https://t.co/cB0NZrG8ML
Paperback, 2015
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When Will There Be Good News?
Kate AtkinsonMark Sumner@joeinwynnewood Re-reading (for at least the fifth time) Kate Atkinson's "When Will There Be Good News" which has the best-written opening chapter I'm aware of. Then I'll likely tackle Mary Robinette Kowal's latest.
Paperback, 2010
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The Shuddering City
Sharon ShinnMark Sumner@kbwagers Just started reading the replies so I could tip the first person who said Sharon Shinn, but it looks like it has to be me. From The Shape-Changer's Wife, Archangel, and the Twelve Houses books right up to The Shuddering City, an oeuvre full of richly imagined worlds.
Paperback, 2022
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Children of Ruin
Adrian TchaikovskyMark Sumner@marinakoren Did you happen to read 'Children of Ruin' by Adrian Tchaikovsky? Would seem like a prereq for a space specialist writing about octopi. Octopods. Octopuses.
Paperback, 2019
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