This felt like a reach back into pockets of his early work but with his new twist. Always love how the dude really commits to periods and their drawl in his dialogue. The motherfucking Gumshoe Manual in here. Prose of creeping fascism as something looming on the horizon, creeping into even the mundane. A barbarism. This was a good breezy read from Pynchon, but really has me hankering to finally start Against that day.. maybe next year.
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rooneymcnibnug started reading People of the Bomb by Hugh Gusterson
rooneymcnibnug finished reading Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal …
rooneymcnibnug reviewed Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, …
Shadow Ticket
4 stars
Content warning general spoilage
rooneymcnibnug started reading The idea factory by Jon Gernter
A interesting history of Bell Labs from its rise to its fall. The author traces …
Found an audiobook copy of this. Something to listen to during less intensive work. I'm interested in it for.. probably less conventional reasons than most people would read this lol.
Found an audiobook copy of this. Something to listen to during less intensive work. I'm interested in it for.. probably less conventional reasons than most people would read this lol.
rooneymcnibnug rated Enshittification: 4 stars
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
Enshittification: it’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify.
We’re living through …
rooneymcnibnug finished reading Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
Enshittification: it’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify.
We’re living through …
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Enshittification: it’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can …
listening to the audiobook version of this.
rooneymcnibnug started reading Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal …
rooneymcnibnug rated The Figure of the Migrant: 4 stars
rooneymcnibnug finished reading The Figure of the Migrant by Thomas Nail
rooneymcnibnug started reading The Figure of the Migrant by Thomas Nail
rooneymcnibnug reviewed Lines of flight by Stefan Mattessich (Post-contemporary interventions)
Lines of Flight
3 stars
rooneymcnibnug finished reading Lines of flight by Stefan Mattessich (Post-contemporary interventions)
Lines of flight by Stefan Mattessich (Post-contemporary interventions)
rooneymcnibnug started reading The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan
The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
The C Programming Language (sometimes termed K&R, after its authors' initials) is a computer programming book written by Brian Kernighan …