Matthew James Seidel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Matthew James Seidel

Looking for Godot: Beckett, Bernhard, and Gert Hofmann's The Parable of the Blind (the book about blind 16th century peasants you didn't know you needed): https://t.co/XiIl4jBdxz @GodinePub #gerthofmann #parableoftheblind #bruegel

Matthew James Seidel

I'll admit I never read the ENTIRE Divine Comedy until now. Fortunately, I did, and you should, too. From the Dark Wood to God: Dante's The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso): https://t.co/cnUZ9vR7ps @penguinrandom @VintageAnchor

Matthew James Seidel

I'll admit I never read the ENTIRE Divine Comedy until now. Fortunately, I did, and you should, too. From the Dark Wood to God: Dante's The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso): https://t.co/cnUZ9vR7ps @penguinrandom @VintageAnchor

Matthew James Seidel

One Book, Sixty Years of History. My review of Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad's The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power. https://t.co/ZmZif0OKoe @thenewpress, @ChomskyDotInfo, @vijayprashad

Matthew James Seidel

Loved reading Wendy Liu's "Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism". My review of this compelling story of personal growth and how neoliberalism can turn anyone and anything into an externality: https://t.co/tofFJF34CO @dellsystem @RepeaterBooks

Matthew James Seidel

There's hard sci-fi, and then there's HARD sci-fi. My review of Stanislaw Lem's brilliant, expansive, and humbling novel, #HisMastersVoice, reissued by @mitpress: https://t.co/bVsx6JQCIF #stanislawlem

Matthew James Seidel

Consent in an Alien Context: Octavia E. Butler's Bloodchild and Other Stories - my review of an incredible collection you should read immediately: https://t.co/V8nihDehzV @7StoriesPress @OctaviaEButler #bloodchild

Matthew James Seidel

This is the perfect time to rediscover a writer whose vision has never been more relevant... The Kraken Wakes is precisely the kind of climate fiction we need right now. It is imaginative, thought-provoking, and clear in its message without ever succumbing to despair.

Matthew James Seidel

The unnamed protagonist’s surreal disorientation and dryly comic efforts to reason his way through his encounters reflect the way a person’s migration can split their psyche.

Matthew James Seidel

Can't recommend Becky Chambers' #APsalmfortheWildBuilt enough. It's a sci-fi novel that doesn't leave you miserable, is genuinely insightful, and (best of all) has robots! One of my favorite novels of the year: https://t.co/YURX90mJ6N @torbooks