Books

Reading: We Keep the Dead Close

Currently Reading:

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence – Becky Cooper

William L. Shirer

Twentieth Century Journey
	The Start, 1904–1930 (Twentieth Century Journey Book 1)
	The Nightmare Years, 1930–1940 (Twentieth Century Journey Book 2)

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
— Jack Grimes (@jackapedia.design) July 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM

Tim Powers

	The Skies Discrowned and An Epitaph in Rust
	The Anubis Gates
	On Stranger Tides
	Three Days to Never
	Hide Me Among the Graves
	My Brother’s Keeper

Vickery and Castine
	Alternate Routes
	Forced Perspectives
	Stolen Skies

Dune: Part Three – Trailer

Dune: Part Three – Official Trailer:

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Tech Oligarchs and Science Fiction

Bloomsday

It’s Bloomsday…

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J. R. R. Tolkien

	The Hobbit
	The Fellowship of the Ring
	The Two Towers
	The Return of the King
	The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
	The Silmarillion
	Unfinished Tales
	The Children of Hurin
	Beren and Lúthien
	The Fall of Gondolin
	The Annotated Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson (Editor)
	The Lord of the Rings Illustrated
	The Art of The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien (Author), Christina Scull (Editor), & Wayne G. Hammond (Editor)