Vacation time is reading time, and as this posts I am in the middle of the longest break from work I have had since 2016, when I traveled via Amtrak to Vancouver. No traveling this time. Just reading and writing. And adding to my library, while it is still legal to purchase books.
Acquisitions
- Ellen Meiksins Wood, The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View (Verso Books) [2026.06.06]
- Thomas Piketty, A Brief History of Equality [2026.06.06]
- Natasha Stagg, Grand Rapids (Semoitext(e)) [2026.06.06]
- Ibram X. Kendi, Chain of Ideas [2026.06.07]
- Roger Zelazny, Warren Lapine (editor), On Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Positronic Publications) [2026.06.10]
- Voices 2026 [2026.06.13]
- Catherine Liu, Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class (University of Minnesota Press) [2026.06.26]
- Erin R. Hodges, The Casanova Killer (So It Is Written) [2026.06.28]
- Marissa Malson, The Not So Average Life of Average Jane (Just a Good Book Publishing) [2026.06.28]
- Jana Chantel, Surviving Red [2026.06.28]
- Caitlin Horrocks, The Vexations [2026.06.28]
- Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch (Autonomedia) [2026.06.29]
Reading
Books
- R. R. Tavárez, Drag Queen Preacher [2026.06.08]
- Roger Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber [2026.06.10]
- Voices 2026 [2026.06.13]
- Roger Zelazny, The Guns of Avalon [2026.06.18]
- Roger Zelazny, Sign of the Unicorn [2026.06.20]
- Roger Zelazny, The Hand of Oberon [2026.06.22]
- Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos [2026.06.24]
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The City of Mist [2026.06.29]
Short Prose
- Kameron Hurley, “Worms” (Patreon post) [2026.06.01]
- Kameron Hurley, “Your Mother’s Tomb” (Patreon post) [2026.06.01]
- Kameron Hurley, “For She Does Not Want” (Patreon post) [2026.06.01]
- Dotson Rader, “Up Against the Wall!”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.06.02]
- Kenzaburō Ōe, “Aghwee the Sky Monster”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.06.09]
- Abdullah Schleifer, “Al Fatah Speaks: A Conversation with ‘Abu Amar'”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.06.12]
- Kim Philby, “My Silent War”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.06.18]
