It’s a slow day, so I guess I’ll jump on the bandwagon. 1 like = 1 pic of a book in my library, with comments. Going to alternate between read & unread to keep it interesting.
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A humanities professor is made redundant, and goes on a jeremiad against the coming mechanisation of the world. Writing almost entirely in future-tense, Brooke-Rose toys with language as much as ideas. An ideal work of metafiction alongside Borges and Calvino.pic.twitter.com/SbFfIXLN7V
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Pynchon is an obvious pick, but I’ve been re-reading Gravity’s Rainbow, and it never ceases to amaze me. It’s one of those books that is daunting, dark, complex, and above all a joy to navigate.pic.twitter.com/i3psTf29n7
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Laura Oldfield Ford’s zine charts the psychic landscapes of London and its slow destruction by neoliberal policy. The 2012 Olympics lurk on the horizon, erasing memories of riots, punks, artists, and working-class communities to make the city presentable and anodyne.pic.twitter.com/HykKQ6reWY
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Been eager to read this for a while. Cyborgs, revolutionaries, and a rampart disrespect for intellectual property. What’s not to like?pic.twitter.com/vpMZZP7Zni
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Speaking of cyborgs, Haraway is an incredible writer, whose manifestos have only grown more pertinent. I’m glad I picked up this volume last year, and wish I’d read her sooner.pic.twitter.com/pyB1UXkzQK
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This has been on my list for years, and I’ve finally picked up a copy. Analysing the millenarians of the Middle Ages as social revolutionaries. Cohn isn’t a radical himself, which lends some distance, despite the connections he draws to contemporary revolutions.pic.twitter.com/ZBTGD4s487
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