Here are the books that are catching my interest in 2008. As I read them, I will link to my notes. Where I can, or where I remember, I will provide links to how I heard about them. Especially for the non-fiction, the interview will give you the gist of the book.
Fiction of various flavors:
| Read so far | |
| Merchant’s War, by Charles Stross | |
| Matter, by Iain M. Banks | |
| To be read | |
| excerpt | Once Upon A Time In The North, by Philip Pullman |
| author’s website | Sly Mongoose, by Tobias S. Buckell |
| author’s website | Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow |
| Anathem, by Neal Stephenson | |
| Incandescence, by Greg Egan |
Non-Fiction:
| Read so far | |
| segment on All Things Considered | Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach |
| interview on On Point | The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations, by Brian Fagan |
| To be read | |
| interview on Science Friday | In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan |
| interview on Fresh Air | Banana: The Fate of a Fruit, by Dan Koepel |
| interview on Fresh Air | God’s Problem, by Bart Ehrman |
| segment on All Things Considered | Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely |
| interview on Quirks and Quarks | Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of The Human Mind, by Dr. Gary Marcus |
| interview on On Point and paper | “National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life”, by Alan B. Krueger et al |
| segment on To The Best of Our Knowledge | A Crime So Monstrous, by Benjamin Skinner |
| segment on To The Best of Our Knowledge | Creating a World Without Poverty, by Muhammed Junus |
| segment on All Things Considered | Recovering America’s Food Traditions, by Gary Nabhan |
| interview on Fresh Air | Your Government Failed You, by Richard Clarke |
| interview on KUOW Weekday | Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World’s Lowliest Languages, by Derek Bickerton |
| interview on Science Friday | Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science, by Richard Preston |
| interviews on Good Food and KUOW Weekday | Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood, by Taras Grescoe |
| interview on Talk of The Nation | Who’s Your City?, by Richard Florida |
| interview on All Things Considered | Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden |
