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because bad reads are a waste of time! |
Places to go, things to read:
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High
Fidelity, Nick Hornby.
'You are what you listen to--which is why no matter how beautiful, smart, witty and charming the woman, I could never go out with her if she owned a Celine Dion CD...' Read more of Ron's review of High Fidelity here.
Underworld,
Don DeLillo.
The
Dog King, Christoph Ransmayr, John Woods (Translator).
The
Dogs of Winter, Kem Nunn.
Already
Dead, Denis Johnson.
Amsterdam,
Ian Mcewan.
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Guns,
Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond.
General
Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth, Elhanen Helpman (ed).
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Principles
of Economics, Gregory Mankiw (1999).
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 Goldbug
Variations |
Prisoner's
Dilemma |
 Operation
Wanderding Soul |
 Galatea
2.2 |
 Gain |
 Plowing
the Dark |
| Martin Amis
I was turned on to Martin Amis by a English friend living in Canada. |
The Information, A hilarious book about how well adjusted authors really
are. A definite must for friends of authores struggling to understand their
'afflictions'. |
Some call Time's Arrow one of Amis' misses, but I thought it was clever
and very well written. |
A great read for those who just cannot get enough Tarantino. I cannot help
but think that critics which read London Fields would not have been as
surprised by Night Train, Amis' stab as a hard boiled detective novel. |
| William Gibson
Probably the best Cyberpunk author writing today. The only other guy who comes close is Bruce Sterling. |
Mona Lisa Overdrive. |
Neuromancer. |
Virtual Light. |