A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles DeleuzeMy review
rating: 5 of 5 starsThis book took several reads and two book groups to destroy me. That sounds like a negative statement, but it is more of a disclaimer. Lots of contemporary social scientists have gleaned from it; there are many bad books that try to explain it, but few seemingly understand much of it (mostly because they are in a rush to get out tired publications and misreadings). It was an important book for thinking again.
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Concrete Volume 1: Depths by Paul ChadwickMy review
rating: 5 of 5 starsThis is the first collection of Concrete in the series and was really really good. What can I say, it is about a man turned into a concrete monster who decides to take up his childhood dreams of being an adventurer and write books about it. It covers how concrete became concrete, concrete trying to swim the atlantic ocean, concrete saving miners, helping some oceanographers, losing a friend in a cave.... The writing is really good. 20 years later, this still holds up well, and I got it gratis at the library! My only complaint is that it was written to be read as single issues, because trade paper collections weren't as common back then (I guess?), so there is some repetition and each adventure is neatly wrapped up in the end of each issue. Even if it doesn't fit the trade paper format perfectly, it is still fantastic and highly recommended.
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Last summer, I sublet a room in Kena Pina's place. I take it this was inspired by events from that era, since she named the picture file after me. Kena, I will fight you.
Her comic blog has jokes about math, science, and me. 'nuff said.
Here's the link: Join the Rector Comics
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