The Stuff of 2019

1 Jan 2020

As we commence 2020, here’s a dozen things I’ve enjoyed reading, watching, or listening to over the last twelve months. No particular order, and of course no implication of 100% agreement or endorsement, but I found them all worth the time. Click around to see if anything takes your fancy, and Happy New Year.

Good OmensTypeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies, by Dave AddeyThe Umbrella AcademyWilliam Gibson's Alien 3Racing the Beam, By Nick Montfort and Ian BogostChernobylThe Testsments, by Margaret AtwoodCrashed: How a Decade of Financial Crisis Changed The World, by Adam ToozeThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight  for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff13 Minutes to the MoonUntitled Goose GameClick Here to Kill Everybody, by Bruce Schneier

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