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Pandemic live-reads meta-thread. I have reasons I’m reading these right now and finding them useful for current headspace, but I’ll save those for a blog post. First one was history of Astounding, the legendary sci-fi magazine.
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I’ve been reading, Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee. It’s a sort of group-bio of the invention of modern science fiction starting in the 1930s amzn.to/2VAgCTD
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Second: The Starship and the Canoe by Ken Brower, on father-son double biography of physicist Freeman Dyson and canoe-builder/outdoor adventurer/technology historian George Dyson. Freeman died just as pandemic struck.
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Next up in my twitter live reads: The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower, on physicist Freeman Dyson and his historian son George Dyson (ht @andersen for reco) amzn.to/2TfcNBv
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Third up. Freedom’s Forge
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Next twitter live read for pandemic, Freedom’s Forge, on WW2 industry/economic mobilization recommended by @jamesgiammona Let’s see how this one goes. amzn.to/39IlHMP
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Next up, Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror, though Im not yet done with the last one. It’s about life in the 14th century around the Black Death.
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Next pandemic live read, Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror, a history of the 14th century through the life of a single minor nobleman whose life was coextensive with the main events, esp the Black Death. amzn.to/2ww5ixs
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Co-opted guest thread, Weimar Germany: Promise and tragedy
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amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07CSH… Reading this now. See how it goes “Excellent and splendidly illustrated. . . . [A] superb introduction. . . . probably the best available." --Eric Hobsbawm
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Next up: Marshall Plan by Benn Steil. Feels like an appropriate sequel to Freedom’s Forge
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Next pandemic live read. The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War by Benn Steil amazon.com/Marshall-Plan-
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The pandemic live reads thread is officially done. 6 book threads you me plus 1 guest thread. But if you’ve done a reading of a relevant book, feel free to link thread here.
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