Recommendations
A running ledger of recommendations including books, movies, music, video games, sustenance, and the rest. Annotated, opinionated, and updated when something earns more space, for better and for worse.
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| Item | Type | Year | Rating | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter S. Thompson | Book | 1971 | ★★★★★ | One of my favorite books from one of my favorite writers at the height of his powers. This book captures the American dream, the corporate dream, and the gravity of power in a calculus quite unlike anything else I've come across. |
| David McClintick | Book | 1982 | ★★★★★ | Rules for thee, but not for me. Money and power talk and Hollywood has a sordid history clouded by decades of playing pretend with everything everywhere all the time. |
| Bryan Burrough, John Helyar | Book | 1990 | ★★★★★ | "Huge brains, small necks, weak muscles, and fat wallets — these are the dominant characteristics of the '80s — the generation of swine." — Hunter S. Thompson |
| Carl Sagan | Book | 1995 | ★★★★★ | Balancing science with wonder is hard, but Carl is the guy to do it, even after 30+ years of change. |
| qntm | Book | 2025 | ★★★★★ | I believe SCP Foundation would be one of the forerunners to this book about clandestine organizations. |
| TJ Klune | Book | 2025 | ★★★★★ | What I anticipated: an intriguing concept, a dash of romance that I've recently dabbled with, and an enhanced sense of solidarity. And that's what I got! |
| Charlie Munger | Book | 2023 | ★★★★★ | Charlie Munger was anything but a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. |
| Thomas Pynchon | Book | 1966 | ★★★★★ | Exceptional writing for a fever dream storyline on subversive culture networks. I think. I'm still processing what I just read. |
| Bill Watterson | Book | 1995 | ★★★★★ | Perhaps the most formative work in my reading life. This is Bill Watterson distilling the universe into a teacup. |
| Susanna Clarke | Book | 2020 | ★★★★★ | A novel that finds my exact wavelength. |
| Tony Tulathimutte | Book | 2024 | ★★★★★ | Short stories that stick like tar and a final piece that's prescient enough to think about for years. |
| Bill Watterson · John Kascht | Book | 2023 | ★★★★★ | Watterson and Kascht give adults the fable they didn't know they needed. |
| Henry David Thoreau | Book | 1854 | ★★★★★ | Food for thought that warmed my mind and continues keeping it kindled with inverse, rebellious thoughts. |