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Worth Reading 95: Nailed to the door
About Teather’s “explanation” of voting against equality – Lee Griffin points out the problems with Sarah Teather’s reasons for voting against the same-sex marriage bill. The Other 11 Doctors – What if the Doctor had always been played by a woman? Damsel, Arise: A Westboro Scion Leaves Her Church – Megan Phelps-Roper, one of the [...]
Worth Reading 88: Like a rocket
The ‘scrounger’ myth is causing real suffering to many in society – New research reported by the LSE’s British Politics and Policy blog. Let’s call it failure – If you haven’t yet seen John Lanchester’s LRB piece on austerity, here’s your chance. Happy Christmas! Here is a flame war in a can – Charles Stross [...]
Worth Reading 75: I was your sorry ever after
Fear and loathing in Athens: the rise of Golden Dawn and the far right – I don’t know how much it’s emphasised for the story, or if it seems worse than it is because of the focus on one angle, but Greece sounds like a country with some major problems right now. Stephen becomes first [...]
Worth Reading 56: Where did you go, Joe DiMaggio?
Or, how liquid democracy gets you the sack in the end. How The German Pirate Party’s Liquid Democracy Works – Sounds like an interesting way for members of an organisation to discuss things. And no need to get pre-approved for discussions by the police. SF, big ideas, ideology: What is to be done? – Charles [...]
Worth Reading 49: The reboot
Yes, yes, I’m doing these again. It’s almost like I’ve decided to try being a blogger again for a while, isn’t it? Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake! – A wonderfully angry rant about what rich people get away with in American. The rise of gernotocracy? – (pdf file) A report from the Intergenerational [...]
2011 books: Catch up
Oops, haven’t written here for a while, and have also slipped behind on the regular reading too. Only three books finished in the few weeks since my last post, and they were: 30) A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin The longest part yet of A Song Of Ice And Fire, and would perhaps [...]
Worth Reading 41: Lords, MPs and Elder Gods
But who will be eaten first? The House of Lords by numbers – interesting data on how many Lords of different parties have been appointed in the last few years. The Poisonous Drivel of Dr Denis MacShane MP – A Labour MP and the Daily Mail conspire in quoting something out of context to disparage [...]
The Trade of Queens by Charles Stross (2011 book #20)
Only time for a quick review of this one, the final book in Stross’ Merchant Princes series, which I found a bit disappointing. The series as a whole has been pretty interesting, but has suffered from a certain amount of narrative sprawl, as sub-plots spawn sub-plots, which makes it somewhat to pick up the threads [...]
Wireless by Charles Stross (2011 book #17)
Technically, it’s only half a new book as some of the stories in this collection are ones I’ve read before. Of course, they’re Stross short stories, which means they’re always worth reading again to find something new buried deep within them. The standard’s generally very high – though I’d agree with the author’s own assessment [...]
Worth Reading 20: Plenty O’Toole
The whole wide world in just five links Twenty reasons why it’s kicking off everywhere – Newsnight’s Paul Mason looks at some of the reasons for the sudden wave of protests around the world Novels I will not write: Jesus wants his kidney back – Charles Stross comes up with some wonderful ideas for books [...]
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