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Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
scott visits canada’s “museum of immigration” and gets reflective. Dune Messiah is barely mentioned.
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
while we seek relief in schadenfreude over self-esteem, the world will never be fixed
The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
a doris lessing dystopia
Grievers by adrienne maree brown
great speculative fiction; scott visits quebec city
Apocalypse by DH Lawrence
my domestic holiday begins with unexpected news; Lawrence eviscerates Xianity
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark (Influx Press, 2020)
a week off work begins with a great contemporary novel
Showa: A History of Japan 1926 – 1939 by Shigeru Mizuki
interesting entry-level text about modern Japanese history
Dune by Frank Herbert
yes it’s a book for incels, but it’s not bad!!!
Clotel or, the President’s Daughter by William Wells Brown
excellent, significant, 19th century anti-slavery novel
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
an excellent novel; in footnotes my concluding thoughts on the TV series The Affair
Triumph Of The Now 