William Huber finished reading Library by Andrew Pettegree
Very much enjoyed this book - and added some of the libraries discussed to my travel-plans. A lens, in particular, to features of early modernity.
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Associate professor of game studies and game development at Falmouth University. Californian living in the UK. The dude abides.
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Everything I Know about Life I Learned from Powerpoint by Russell Davies
In the beginning was the Word. Now there's PowerPoint.
It's used for weddings, warfare and webinars, for literature, lessons and …
William Huber rated Pilgrim in the microworld: 5 stars
William Huber rated Three-Body Problem Series: 5 stars
Three-Body Problem Series by Joel Martinsen, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu
This trilogy follows a broad cast of characters through the centuries as earth enters a crisis following the Chinese cultural …
William Huber rated The Dark Forest: 5 stars
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu, Joel Martinsen
Sequel to The Three-Body Problem.
William Huber rated Death's End: 5 stars
Death's End by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #03)
Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is …
William Huber rated Does writing have a future?: 4 stars
Does writing have a future? by Vilém Flusser (Electronic mediations -- v. 33)
William Huber rated State, Power, Socialism: 4 stars
William Huber rated 動物化するポストモダン: 5 stars
動物化するポストモダン by Hiroki Azuma (講談社現代新書)
Florent Gorges, Isao Yamazaki: The History of Nintendo: Volume 1, 1889-1980 From Playing Cards to Game & Watch (Paperback, 2012, Pix'n Love Publishing)
The History of Nintendo: Volume 1, 1889-1980 From Playing Cards to Game & Watch by Florent Gorges, Isao Yamazaki (The History of Nintendo)
This is the first of four books that details the history of Nintendo from it's founding through its famous years …
William Huber rated See/Saw: 4 stars
Ivan Vartanian: See/Saw (2011, Chronicle Books)
See/Saw by Ivan Vartanian
Looks at the traditions in art that are unique to Japanese culture throughout history.
William Huber rated First Person: 4 stars
William Huber rated Expressive Processing: 5 stars
William Huber rated Man, Play and Games: 5 stars
Man, Play and Games by Roger Caillois
Man, Play and Games (ISBN 0029052009) is the influential 1961 book by the French sociologist Roger Caillois, (French Les jeux …
William Huber rated Otaku: Japan's Database Animals: 5 stars
Hiroki Azuma: Otaku (EBook, en language, 2009, University of Minnesota Press)
Otaku: Japan's Database Animals by Hiroki Azuma
Azuma’s Otaku offers a critical, philosophical, and historical inquiry into the characteristics and consequences of this consumer subculture. For Azuma, …