Books
A reading list for those suffering from fatalism
Why the reading list? The bibliography Why the reading list? My whole life, but especially since the election of Trump I have found myself periodically gripped by despair when it appears impossible to visualize much needed change in the world. Here are some examples: Twenty six and seven year old children were murdered at their…
Read MoreIn memory of Gary Carson
In early March poker author Gary Carson passed away. I didn’t know him personally, but his impact on my thinking about how I approached the game of poker was profound. I’m very sad to learn that he’ll never write another brilliant poker book. To adequately explain to a non-poker player what Gary Carson did, I…
Read MoreNeed a new book?
Looking for a new zombie book? Something about how people survive the fall of the entire electric power grid due to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP)? Head on over to my post-apocalyptic wiki www.BooksOfDoom.com.
Read MoreMark Clodi, Zombie Innovator
As many of you know, I'll pretty much read anything that falls into the post-apocalytpic genre. Destroy the world by fire, flood, famine, or other natural disaster and I'll buy it. Zombies are a fascinating subset of that for me. I read pretty much every zombified thing I can get my hands on, though I…
Read More“Falling Off The Edge: Travels Through The Dark Heart Of Globalization”, by Alex Perry
So I’ve been to some crazy places in this world (Cuba without a visa, Northwest Frontier of Pakistan with minimal bodyguards) but I’ve got nothing on a war correspondant like Alex Perry. His book, “Falling Off The Edge: Travels Through The Dark Heart Of Globalization” is not the anti-globalization screed you might expect it to…
Read MoreI’m looking forward to Gus Hansen’s upcoming book: Every Hand Revealed
"Every Hand Revealed" is a hand-by-hand explanation of how he won a multi-day tournament. The technique of recording every hand with a pocket tape recorder is just as interesting to me as what I’m likely to learn about his thinking throughout the tournament. I am a little self-conscious of the fact that I’ve got three…
Read MoreAre you reading for free?
What i I told you that you could read several of the finalists for the 2007 Science Fiction Nebula awards for free online? You’d be pretty damn happy, I suspect. I am. You might want to bookmark the website or its RSS feed, as they seem to recently be posting links to anything free online…
Read More2020 Visions: Our dystopian future
The future of America could be this bad. Antibiotic resistant drugs, a new class system based upon money and access to a hypo-allergenic bubble, a black market economy where everything is for sale, severe limitations on "extremist speech", and unchecked violence. Our society is descending into anarchy and you’ve got a front row seat. The…
Read MoreDMZ #2: Body Of A Journalist
And by now you’ve noticed that the second trade paperback about a modern day civil war in the US is out. The series, called "DMZ", is about a reporter’s assistant who gets stuck in Manhattan, which has become a modern-day demilitarized zone when a red state militia and the US Army fight to a standstill…
Read MoreWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
I know you’re not surprised to see that I’m reviewing a book in the zombie genre, you already know my love of the shambling undead. What you probably don’t know is just how good this book is, and how I really think you should read it even if you only have a passing fancy for…
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