Rudy Rucker is one of my favorite authors of all time. So it's no surprise that the books he read in 2015 and recommend on his blog sound interesting to me: Purity by Jonathan Franzen, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Inherent Vice and Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson, The Peripheral by William Gibson, All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland, Sandman Slim Series by Richard Kadrey, Genius at Play: the Curious Mind of John Horton Conway by Siobhan Roberts, Jean-Michel Basquiat by Leonhard Emmerling, A Palazzo in The Stars by Paul Di Filippo, and The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne.
Rudy Rucker's top 11 book picks for 2015
Follow this post-apocalyptic chickadee story
False Knees is a beautiful, award-winning webcomic that usually, but not always, features birds. The comics are hand-drawn pencils, gouache, and India ink. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE… READ THE REST
Jonathan Lethem ponders: "Did Philip K Dick dream of Palestinian sheep?"
In a fascinating new essay for The Paris Review that expands upon a speech he gave this summer, MacArthur-winning author Jonathan Lethem explores the age-old question: Did Philip K Dick… READ THE REST
This "sketch book" helps you understand complex ideas
As a longtime fan of Jono Hey's Sketchplanations newsletter, I was happy to get his new book, Big Ideas, Little Pictures. This collection brings Hey's unique style of visual explanation… READ THE REST
Transform dull knives at home: pro sharpener now 80% off
TL;DR: I'm making my knives feel new with an Angle Pro Knife Sharpener, on sale for $40 through December 8. Check out here. Last Thanksgiving, I tried to carve the turkey, and… READ THE REST
A laptop for less than your next dinner out — $70 Chromebooks are here for Cyber Week
TL;DR: Get durability, fast Wi-Fi, and Google Assistant in a compact refurbished Chromebook—check out now to grab it for just $69.97 (reg. $229) during Cyber Week. For $70, it's hard to say… READ THE REST
Stay secure anywhere with the portable Deeper Connect Air VPN router
TL;DR: This VPN router can unblock content on your streaming services, and it's available for $149.97 during Cyber Week through December 8. While digital VPNs typically demand monthly fees, the Deeper Connect router is… READ THE REST
