I’m currently using four social book cataloging services (Goodreads and StoryGraph, Literal, and Epilogue), which is bonkers. Or an embarrassment of riches, depending on how you look at it. Anyway, while reviewing my ever-expanding list of books, I noticed I’m reading a fair amount of print books. It’s a pleasant if awkward experience. I need perfect lighting to read a book. I can’t bump up the font size. I can’t highlight a word with my finger for a definition or sentences to be saved as notes that I will expand upon in Obsidian. The only reason I purchased these books is that they are not available as eBooks.
Those “Weird Sisters,” who mysteriously know everything? They can foretell anything, instantly, like Google? Plus, the witches make it all sound really great—only, in real life, it totally sucks? Well, those “Three Weird Sisters” are the “Internet of Things,” they’re “Ubiquitous Computation,” they’re “Ambient Findability.”
—Bruce Sterling, Gothic High-Tech
It’s frustrating that I can’t purchase Bruce Sterling’s Gothic High-Tech as an ePub, but print will do.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Living Torch by Kali Malone and Lô Borges‘s self-titled LP. 🎵
After much deliberation, my friend subscribed to Ulysses. While he was poking around, he discovered functions I knew nothing about. It was an educational night.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Fire Doesn’t Grow on Trees by Brian Jonestown Massacre (thanks Steven Howard) and Ama Gogela by Phelimuncasi. 🎵
I enjoyed Sandman. That’s saying something because I have an emotional connection to that comic book and that time in my life when it was published. I’m amazed that it exists at all. The fact that Sandman is gorgeous and has a fantastic cast is so much icing on the cake.
But I’m not in love with the series. In fact, despite the writing and the cast, the show felt a little flat. But I was entertained, and I would recommend it to anyone I think might appreciate Sandman.
It’s difficult for me to be objective about the series because of my relationship with the comic book. I might have been overwhelmed had I come to Sandman with zero knowledge of the source material. However, the fact that I didn’t hate the Sandman series or cringe at any point says a lot about the show.
Bonus: I got to see my penultimate issues of Sandman on the screen. What a time to be alive.
