Pluralistic: Hugh D'Andrade's "The Murder Next Door" (10 Feb 2025)

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Hugh D'Andrade's "The Murder Next Door": A graphic memoir.
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Pluralistic: Ron Deibert's "Chasing Shadows" (04 Feb 2025)

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Ron Deibert's "Chasing Shadows": How Citizen Lab invented "counterintelligence for civil society."
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Pluralistic: All the books I reviewed in 2024 (02 Dec 2024)

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All the books I reviewed in 2024: Plus three of my own.
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Pluralistic: Neal Stephenson's "Polostan" (04 Nov 2024)

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Neal Stephenson's "Polostan": Raising the curtain on a post-cyberpunk sf series about the dawn on the nuclear age.
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Pluralistic: Ian McDonald's "The Wilding" (25 Oct 2024)

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Ian McDonald's "The Wilding": A gorgeous, goddamned terrifying novel from one of the absolute greats.
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Pluralistic: Doublethink sump linkdump (05 Oct 2024)

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Doublethink sump linkdump: Some short hits for an all-too-short weekend.
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Pluralistic: Sandra Newman's "Julia" (28 Sep 2024)

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Sandra Newman's "Julia": An authorized retelling of Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" from the love interest's point-of-view.
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Pluralistic: Margaret Killjoy's "The Sapling Cage" (24 Sep 2024)

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Margaret Killjoy's "The Sapling Cage": Epic fantasy as queer coming-of-age.
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Pluralistic: Christopher Brown's 'A Natural History of Empty Lots' (17 Sep 2024)

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Christopher Brown's 'A Natural History of Empty Lots': A gorgeous, lush tale of the nature bursting through every seam.
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Pluralistic: Matt Bors's "Justice Warriors: Vote Harder" (11 Sep 2024)

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Matt Bors's "Justice Warriors: Vote Harder": Mr Gotcha For President!
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