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33% complete! aaron r. has read 8 of 24 books.

M. John Harrison: The pastel city (1987, Unwin Paperbacks)

"The Pastel City" Review

A very fascinating and disorienting first entry into a strange world.

This slim novel reads like fantasy, yet features very distinct science-fiction elements.

M. John Harrison has the wonderful ability to create very odd atmospheres with his writing and worlds.

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto (Paperback, 1948, International Publishers Co.)

The Communist Manifesto, originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) …

"The Communist Manifesto" Review

Re-read for me.

An introductory text straight from the source. Doesn't get into the nitty-gritty (only about 50 pages, after all), but does provide a basic exploration and codification of Marxist thought / philosophy. That said, there are quite a few moving parts and lines of thought here. This is a hugely influential and long-lasting text for a reason.

A lot of great quotes in this pamphlet and is written in fairly straightforward language.

A good jumping-off point to longer, more dense and complex works.

Seymour M. Hersh: Reporter (2019, Vintage)

"A memoir of renowned investigative journalist Seymour Hersh's life as a reporter"--

"Reporter" Review

A straightforward memoir from heavy-hitting and always controversial journalist Seymour Hersh.

The always skeptical (and rightly so) Hersh covers his work on Vietnam and My Lai, the Nixon admin and Watergate, Kissinger, and the Bush admin and its War on Terror, with other forays here and there. Also delves into life as a freelancer and staff reporter at various publications and the struggles each can bring.

Found quite a few nuggets of journalistic wisdom throughout this book.

Definitely recommend to anyone interested in journalism, be it an aspiring journalist or someone simply interested in the behind the scenes work.