WIRED Culture Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Turn Your Fandom Into Cash: A Geeky Guide to Turn Your Passion Into a Business (or at Least a Side Hustle)
Carol PinchefskyCarol Pinchefsky's book 'Turn Your Fandom Into Cash' helps people monetize their hobbies. https://t.co/824u9z9JgC
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Novelist
Jordan CastroJordan Castro’s 'The Novelist' nails the experience of being online, in all its abject glory. https://t.co/6xFk39OSdp
Paperback, 2023
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Aesthetica
Allie RowbottomTwo new novels, Ling Ling Huang’s "Natural Beauty" and Allie Rowbottom’s "Aesthetica," fuse gore with the world of beauty and wellness. Call it Goopcore. https://t.co/mbCkpdXMe2
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Counterweight
DjunaThe pseudonymous writer’s new book, 'Counterweight,' will finally be released in English. WIRED talked to them about space elevators, AI, and Ursula K. Le Guin. https://t.co/TRD0u539YJ
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Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons
Ben RiggsIn 'Slaying the Dragon,' author Ben Riggs goes deep into the backstory of TSR to reveal a company in disarray. https://t.co/4BtlaTqaTM
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The Last White Man
Mohsin HamidMohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man is a book about race metamorphosis—and the seduction of power. https://t.co/T2JgsF7h8Y
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hella
David GerroldFor episode 454 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy #podcast we discuss David Gerrold's new novel Hella, a novel about a low-gravity planet inhabited by dinosaur-like aliens that goes into enormous detail about the logistics of settling an alien world. https://t.co/lFTxKaBf3p
Hardcover, 2020
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
China Mountain Zhang
Maureen McHughMany of China Mountain Zhang author Maureen McHugh's stories explore the relationship between moms and their children. https://t.co/Z7L8CTAm8d
Paperback, 2020
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Foundation
Isaac AsimovThe show has a lot more action than Isaac Asimov's novels, but it's lacking in the late author's braininess. https://trib.al/B7bG7Sb
Paperback, Mass Market, 1991
$10.00Member price:$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dune
Frank HerbertThe director has wanted to adapt Frank Herbert’s book since he was a teenager. Now he’s finished (the first half of) what he hopes will be the ultimate 'Dune.' https://trib.al/g7X7oCg
Paperback, 2005
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book