The One Book a Month Project: Snow Crash
So I'm 1/1 with my new endeavor: The One Book a Month Project. As Mike Schramm suggested -- actually, it was more of a threat, because being an individual who works on the internet, by law I wasn't allowed to continue working in the vast series of pipes until I've read Snow Crash. So, I went with Snow Crash.
Apparently, I'm super late to the party, which is fine, but, guys, what a book! Great ideas behind not only the evolution of the internet (and a playful, almost whimsical outlook on the overpopulation and impoverished road this country is headed down), but some interesting comparisons to religion and viruses. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has yet to read it (and, please, don't drop a comment or link to the Wikipedia page if you're reading this), but it's one of the more interesting and fun books I've ever read. Thanks, Mike!
Next up:
The One Book a Month Project: March 2010 (The Road by Cormac McCarthy)
The One Book a Month Project: What Do I Start With?
Given that my job requires I write a ton, I've always felt like I should be reading more. In my spare time (when not playing video games, which is pretty much always), I've been working on a few ideas for books. This has only compounded by desire to be reading more. So, I've decided to do something about it: The One Book a Month Project. One book, one month, that's it.
The only thing is I need a suggestion where to start. Every book I own, I've already read (used to thrift store it up a lot when I lived in FL, which is where most of my collection hails from). So, give me a good idea for a book. It can be almost anything -- no romance novels, please. I get enough of that being friends with countless attractive individuals with love lives far more interesting than mine.
So, yeah. Thanks! I'll start the 1st of February.
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