![]() Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science (2020) by Judy Mikovits & Kent Heckenlively. And even if Einstein could not be defied, he might be evaded. In 2001, he wrote:Ī few scientists-most of them beachcombers on the wilder shores of theoretical physics-asked the disturbing question: "Are we certain that the speed of light is an unbreakable barrier?" It was true that the Special Theory of Relativity had proved to be remarkably durable, and would soon be approaching its first centenary but it had begun to show a few cracks. Clarke seemed limited in his later books by believing mainstream physics, though he does push against it. My favorites of the Odyssey series are 20. I read five Clarke novels this year- Islands in the Sky (1952), of which I remember almost nothing, and the four Odyssey books: 2001 (1968), 2010 (1982), 2016 (1987), and 3001 (1997). Abandoned or read 40-80 pages and skipped to the end.īooks by Arthur C. ![]() This year, I also tried reading his first novel, Last and First Men (1930), abandoning it after ~80 pages. My favorite Stapledon books in order: Star Maker (1937), Sirius (1944), Odd John (1935). Stapledon believably writes it as if it really happened. A boy is born with special powers and ends up traveling the world finding others-through telepathy-like him. An early, literary telling of the "X-Men"-type story. I liked its pace and the detached, semi-autistic tone of the narrator, who works on a project in which she tries to re-make the movie Rushmore without having seen it. Tell Me I'm An Artist (2022) by Chelsea Martin. This is opposed to the off-putting bleakness of books in which characters almost-gleefully wallow in sadness and stagnancy while also being self-righteously resentful toward people who are doing better than them. I still like it because of how true-to-life it seems, and how its protagonist continually strives for a better life. My third time reading my favorite Yates novel. The Easter Parade (1976) by Richard Yates. Learning that minds work on negative feelings in dreams (see my sleep essay), and that we're supposed to sleep through this nightly psychotherapy, has helped me. I've done this with one or more partners. The character Ben would wake in the middle of the night criticizing his wife. My favorite parts were the autobiographical-seeming parts about a relationship that ended in divorce. ![]() It's an intellectual feast that's also poignant, relatable, really funny, and, despite examining a lot of neurotic behavior, refreshingly optimistic.Įarth Angel (2023) by Madeline Cash. I highly enjoyed rereading this for Jordan and I's conversation for The Paris Review. Here are my thoughts/notes on around half of them. I read 87 books this year-40 nonfiction, 33 fiction, 6 poetry, 5 magazines, 3 comic books or graphic novels. True History will be publishable by a mainstream publisher, while the other two books may not be. I'm focusing most on Self Heal, which I want to publish next, but the three books overlap and I'm regularly taking a break from Self Heal to work a little on the other two books. Reality seems weirder, more complex, more magical, and more awe-inspiring than any science-fiction/fantasy novel/movie I've seen/read. It will span from the unknown beginnings of universe to billions or trillions of years into the future. This used to be nonfiction but now I think it'll be better as a novel. Science-fiction novel told in first-person by an alien who references terrestrial research on physics, cosmology, and government secret projects. (This will include a form of my partnership essay from 2021 that got paywalled but which I expanded and posted here.) Nonfiction in which I tell a fuller, more accurate, more hopeful version of human history than we've been taught. Includes chapters on mind, love, and my physical deformities. Nonfiction in which I share how I cured my autism, ankylosing spondylitis, eczema, migraines, chest pain, etc. " The Story of Autism: How We Got Here, How We Heal" ( Mars Review of Books, ~7000 words) " The Purpose of Dreams" ( UnHerd, ~1300 words) " New Cosmologies " ( Document Journa l, ~2000 words)
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