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20 Books That Influenced Me

20 Books That Influenced Me

A bit of distraction from this week's misery.

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Paul Feyerabend, Against Method cover; illustration is a gear/pulley illustration system

I’ve been spending more time on bluesky (follow me there!) There’s a meme/game going around asking people to list 20 books that influenced them. In theory you’re just supposed to show book covers…but of course I am a writer/babbler, and can’t help but talk a bit about each.

I figured I’d reproduce/expand on the thread here, because it seemed like a fun t…

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