A hastily-gathered stack of some favorite reads.
12 favorite books, currently
STONER (John Williams, 1965)
THE BLACK DAHLIA (James Ellroy, 1995)
RED HARVEST (Dashiell Hammett, 1929)
WAR AND PEACE (Leo Tolstoy, 1869)
THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS (Ursula K Le Guin, 1969)
MIDDLEMARCH (George Eliot, 1872)
FRANKENSTEIN (Mary Shelley, 1818)
THE BODY ARTIST (Don DeLillo, 2001)
BLINDNESS (José Saramago, 1995)
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Ray Bradbury, 1962)
KINDRED (Octavia Butler, 1979)
THE MEMORY POLICE (Yoko Ogawa, 1994)
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Go Amazon: ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Lands Two-Season Order At Amazon After Being Axed At HBO Max | Deadline
I still hate that fucking movie: Unforgettable Oscars Moment: Lynch and Altman Lose to Ron Howard | The Daily Beast
Who Was Mr. Electrico, the Sideshow Magician Who Inspired Ray Bradbury—Then Vanished? | Smithsonian Magazine
Shirley Kurata: designer for the 'Everything Everywhere' multiverse | Raw Story
Excellent reminder of why I'm so vehement on owning your platforms and syndicating that brain-materiel elsewhere: How a social network falls apart | The Verge
Brilliant, brilliant show. Great interview on Charlie's looks and backstories behind them: “She goes chic very fast": "Poker Face" costume designer on creating Natasha Lyonne's iconic outfits | Salon.com