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Guitar Zero

By mike ⋅ February 16, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

by Gary Marcus

Reamde

By mike ⋅ February 16, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

by Neil Stephenson

Neil Pollack on Richard Stark

By mike ⋅ October 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Neil Pollack reviews the Richard Stark Parker novels.

10 Poems Everyone Needs to Read

By mike ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

10 poems everyone needs to read

5 Rules for Managing a Book Club

By mike ⋅ October 6, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m not one for small talk. I’m not good at it and I rarely see the point. All the idle chatter is time better spent reading in my opinion. Unless the talk is about books, of course. Then pull up a chair. Let me buy you a drink. If you’re the type of person that views carrying a book as a necessary escape hatch for any excursion outside your front door, then you are my people, no questions asked. There is little I like more than reading, browsing, chatting or arguing about books. Book stores are my pilgrimage and book clubs are my catnip. At my day job, the one meeting I will not view askew is the monthly book club. It’s one hour where time doesn’t drag on and business buzz words don’t choke the air. It’s my oasis in the management wilderness.