NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #68 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
We made it to another weekend—a long one in fact! Hooray! In keeping with my theme of the last few nights of tech books, I thought tonight I'd feature techie thrillers and novels—you know, fun books to relax with and worry about something other than daily life:
1) Neal Stephenson's CRYPTONOMICON is probably the quintessential tech thriller, an epic ranging from World War II to the modern data wars in Asia: northshire.com/book/978006051…
2) Ernest Cline's READY PLAYER ONE is just a phenomenal, fun, breath-taking read: northshire.com/book/978030788…
3) I read ENDER'S GAME, by Orson Scott Card, way back in high school and it was just electric: northshire.com/book/978081255…
4) Two more novel-ish encounters with tech in modern life, are Dave Eggers' THE CIRCLE northshire.com/book/978034580… and SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY by Gary Shteyngart. northshire.com/book/978081297…
5) Daniel Suarez's (@itsdanielsuarez) INFLUX wonders whether the world is actually more advanced than the government allows us to be: northshire.com/book/978045146…
PS: It's actually a memoir, but I'd be remiss not to re-mention UNCANNY VALLEY by @annawiener in this list, since it reads like a tech novel....
Those are tonight's #GMGReads, all available at @NorthshireBooks. Buy a book! Explore the world! Save a job! What are you reading this weekend?! Share! #avidreadersunite
