Make me a reading list

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I haven't read it yet, but Life, Inc. by Douglas Rushkoff looks pretty great.

Am I the only one who thinks he comes across as kind of a smug jerk on his WFMU radio show?

I think a lot of people think that.  In my limited interactions with him, he's a good guy, if a little lacking in social niceties.  We're on right before him on the next schedule, so hopefully my opinion of him will hold up.

[yesno]

Douglas Rushkoff

I think he just needs to borrow Tom's voice modulator.

[dave from knoxville]

[Jack from Arkansas]

Richard Brautigan's Revenge of the Lawn and a book called Ghost Maps. You can't go wrong and I guarantee no wasted luggage weight.

[Fido]

Emma, the cruise you're going on, while still a cruise, looks like it goes to places that are well worth visiting. I'm not a cruise person either, but maybe the cruisiness is mitigated by places like Barcelona and Venice and whatever's in between. So you can visit Lido, as well as the Lido deck, right?

I actually had that book An Incomplete Education and enjoyed it a lot. It's breezy, fun, and not too heavy. I couldn't handle Borges while at the beach or on a cruise, but I had to second Grote's nomination of Ficciones.

[JonFromMaplewood]

This book is insane. It reads like some terrifying grown-up fairytale.

[emma]

These are all really great-looking suggestions. Thank you! Keep 'em coming!
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