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Jan. 16th, 2019 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI used to frequently read more than one book at a time. I find that I'm doing that again now, though the topics are rather different from the sci-fi/fantasy I used to read much more frequently.
At the moment, I'm most of the way through Eve Rickert's and Franklin Veaux's "More Than Two" on polyamory. I started Brian Hayes' "Infrastructure: a Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape" last night and this morning on the train and the material so far on the infrastructure of extractive industries is fantastic! And this morning at work, I printed out Rhys Samuel's 1956 book "The VTVM: How it Works, How to Use It" and am excited about getting a really in-depth look at theory of operation of mine.
I mention sci-fi in my intro to this commentary in no small part because the Samuel book was published by Gernsback (as in Hugo Gernsback) Library, Incorporated. Gernsback, best known as an early science-fiction publisher and writer, was also an inventor and experimenter who did a tremendous amount to popularize technology and radio in general as well as science-fiction specifically.
I really appreciate this kind of unexpected closing of a circle.
At the moment, I'm most of the way through Eve Rickert's and Franklin Veaux's "More Than Two" on polyamory. I started Brian Hayes' "Infrastructure: a Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape" last night and this morning on the train and the material so far on the infrastructure of extractive industries is fantastic! And this morning at work, I printed out Rhys Samuel's 1956 book "The VTVM: How it Works, How to Use It" and am excited about getting a really in-depth look at theory of operation of mine.
I mention sci-fi in my intro to this commentary in no small part because the Samuel book was published by Gernsback (as in Hugo Gernsback) Library, Incorporated. Gernsback, best known as an early science-fiction publisher and writer, was also an inventor and experimenter who did a tremendous amount to popularize technology and radio in general as well as science-fiction specifically.
I really appreciate this kind of unexpected closing of a circle.
