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The Verge Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe
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XKCD’s Randall Munroe announces What If? 2, with more scientific answers to life’s most absurd hypothetical questions https://t.co/BJFv7Ynyu7 https://t.co/bXNojhgv34

Hardcover, 2014

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Influential Villains of All Times: Scarlet Witch, Fred Lance

Influential Villains of All Times: Scarlet Witch

Fred Lance
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Elizabeth Olsen stands by the Scarlet Witch’s MCU evolution https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/9/23058670/elizabeth-olsen-scarlet-witch-defend-marvel-mcu?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://t.co/fNcMc5vwyO

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Book Cover for: Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day (a Graphic Novel), Dan Nott

Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day (a Graphic Novel)

Dan Nott
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Hidden Systems is the book I’ll use to teach my kids how the internet works https://t.co/gXDYpYjiaQ https://t.co/DalDk3BqBS

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back, Cory Doctorow

Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

Cory Doctorow
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What is chokepoint capitalism with authors Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin https://t.co/Zt16NQfY0Q https://t.co/pjmO8ADvdE

Hardcover, 2022

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Kindred, Octavia Butler

Kindred

Octavia Butler
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Kindred’s first trailer channels Octavia Butler’s brilliance into horror https://t.co/OThPWultwt https://t.co/0ne4IJGwjF

Paperback, 2004

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything, Matthew Ball

The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything

Matthew Ball
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Is the metaverse going to suck? A conversation with Matthew Ball https://t.co/P9H6Bf3BMt https://t.co/A1KwAg7G98

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Boys Come First, Aaron Foley

Boys Come First

Aaron Foley
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Amazon to adapt Aaron Foley’s Boys Come First as a new series https://t.co/CvdYP2fW6Z https://t.co/Irr7bcOt80

Paperback, 2022

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book