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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Sagan | Book | 1995 | Balancing science with wonder is hard, but Carl is the guy to do it. | |
| 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. |