My first foray into The Culture. Books that are really fun and imaginative but not, like, high art are kind of great, right? Because it means you could do it too. Anyway, lots of wonders to behold.

As great as everyone says. To not only create such a dazzling universe, but to make the story's themes so existentially powerful... Goated. Had to look up hints for the last 40% or so—I've never been all that good at puzzles.

An extension of Marshall McLuhan's analysis into the age of Twitter and LLMs. Organized as a giant tweet thread. Some fascinating ideas, though quite theory-heavy.

Devoured these and they changed my world, totally reignited my interest in fiction. I don't think I've ever stared at a book with my jaw dropped like I did at the end of Seven Surrenders. She goes down swinging in the finale, too.