Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing (Audio)
ISBN:
9781469216287 (1469216280)
Publish date: August 7th 2012
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Science,
Anthologies,
Journalism,
Philosophy,
Short Stories
Published August 7th 2012. I’ve been reading Neal Stephenson for a long time, and I’ve been planning on re-reading him. Now that I’ve just read his very first collection of essays, this need is even greater. The man “touches” a soft spot in me… Not all of the essays are top notch, but the ones who...
Like Gibson's recent anthology of articles, this was fun to read and occasionally insightful. Some of the essays I had seen before. I liked the one about walking desks, and the final one about innovation: "Today’s belief in ineluctable certainty is the true innovation-killer of our age."