Tag: Book reviews

There Is An Alternative

By Charles Eisenstein

02.29.12, 11:29am Comments (14)

Charles Eisenstein reviews David Graeber's magisterial new book Debt: The First 5000 Years Read more »

Fiction of a Future Age

By Paul M. Davis

08.17.10, 9:51am Comments (8)

It’s an uncertain time for emerging authors: the traditional model of getting a book published no longer holds. Read more »

Here Comes Everything: A Review of Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus

By Paul M. Davis

07.13.10, 9:17am Comments (1)

Upon the release of his divisive 2008 book Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky was besieged by media professionals: "what will happen to our careers in the brave new world of amateur media?" they asked. Read more »

Don't Read Any Farther: A Review of Reality Hunger

By Howard Silverman

04.03.10, 7:26am Comments (5)

Truth is more urgent than fiction.
It's a feeling that anyone reading environmental reports (like, say, “Planetary Boundaries,” or even “NASA Data Reveal Major Groundwater Loss in California”) knows well. Read more »

Cory Doctorow Releases New Book Under Creative Commons

By Jeremy Adam Smith

10.28.09, 12:11pm Comments (0)

The shareable novel has arrived: Today, geek demigod Cory Doctorow releases his new book, Makers, as a " free, Creative Commons download, under a NonCommercial-ShareAlike license that allows you to remix it to your heart's content and share . Read more »