A new career path for science fiction writers: work for Nike or Boeing
It’s tempting to think of the worlds of science fiction and business as completely incompatible. After all, some of our best science fiction helps us imagine the end of capitalism.… Read more »
One beautiful van and $350,000 worth of rare books stolen in San Francisco
Lawrence Van De Carr, owner of Chicago’s Bootleggers Books was recently making one of his many pilgrimages to the San Francisco Bay area, hoping to unload some of the rare… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Reviews! What Are They Good For? (Absolutely Nothing?) (Or Absolutely Everything?) (Or Something In Between?) Huh!
Topics discussed: Gene Simmons (again), this column’s terrible name (again), Salman Rushdie, Jonah Berger, Rick Moody, Goodreads, Amazon, Netflix, Barnes & Noble, the New York Review of Books, n+1, The… Read more »