These are the two books I look at this week. A philosophical sci-fi novel and a nonfiction book about transhumanism. Both blew my mind.

Solaris by Stanisław Lem and To Be a Machine by Mark O'Connell

Glittering Images is about art. The Attention Merchants is about advertising. They're both awesome.

Glittering Images by Camille Paglia and The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu

Do you want to get everything you ever wanted &amp; live your best life? Then you're going to have to read hard, wide &amp; free. 
Together, let's learn how to read &amp; write by analysing the best works ever written, and then some. 
How do writers do it - keep readers turning the page until they finish the book or throw it across the room? 
Each episode looks at one book, its first line and a standout section where there's a lesson to be learned about writing.
Dissecting writers' language, genre and how their work fits into a greater context can help us understand other people and ourselves. x

Arts

Books

Do you want to get everything you ever wanted & live your best life? Then you're going to have to read hard, wide & free. Together, let's learn how to read & write by analysing the best works ever written, and then some. How do writers do it - keep readers turning the page until they finish the book or throw it across the room? Each episode looks at one book, its first line and a standout section where there's a lesson to be learned about writing. Dissecting writers' language, genre and how their work fits into a greater context can help us understand other people and ourselves. x

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