Tenth of December by George Saunders

There’s a careful balance between dystopian despair for our advertising-obsessed society (a hobbyhorse of Saunders’ to be sure) and cautious moments of unexpected triumph, or if not triumph, at least partial redemption, that creates a lovely tapestry of sad but fulfilling stories concerning real, and real weird, characters in this compilation of short stories.

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Both the sci-fi elements and the scientist characters are really fun and involving in this carl sagan book adaptation - but on the other hand the love interest is really annoying and the movie should’ve been 30 minutes shorter.

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dulevoz train videos youtube channel

dulevoz is a mesmerizing collection of lengthy high-def videos from trains traveling through Serbia and Montenegro, made with obvious care and love for the trains and the view.

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The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies

This nonfiction treatise on systems, communication and accountability is bold in its breadth, smoothly written and researched, laid out in a confusing and silly way, occasionally under-edited, but also fascinating, fun, and particularly impressive at the end.

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