A celebration of amateur magicians.
On returning a stack of unread library books.
Thoughtful writing on music and society.
My progress through Auld’s Baza Legolisto (Basic Reading List).
A wonderful collection of stories from Rossetti’s life.
Samuel Delaney shares his deep reflections on a lifetime of writing. A great follow-up to The Motion of Light in Water.
A thrilling space opera about language, empire, and love.
A vivid portrait of life near Kingston and Galloway.
A poet’s seven short essays about the writing life.
An encyclopedic view of Esperanto literature.
A lot of wisdom compressed down to wonderful epigrams.
An excellent introduction to the world of Esperanto.
This is a list of texts that I often recommend to people together with comments about those books. It is especially heavy on mathematics books, speculative fiction, and writing advice. Links to the Toronto Public Library and UToronto Library are provided.
This book describes the various problems associated with a culture of infinite browsing. It argues against our contemporary tendency to keep our options open and never settle for any one thing.
A music producer’s cosmic reflections on living creatively.
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