The horrific yet plausible future depicted in Margaret Atwood’s “The Year of the Flood” compels the reader to reexamine the present.
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“Reality Hunger”
From sitcoms to reality shows, from novels to memoirs: Reality takes center stage in “Reality Hunger,” David Shields’s self-proclaimed manifesto.
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“And Now There’s This”
By Kristin Kearns
on June 10, 2010
in Books 100 > Ideas and Culture
In “And Now There’s This,” Bill Wasik examines herd mentality and the dissemination of information in the digital age.
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“The Tyranny of Email”
We’re obsessed with email, and John Freeman tackles this obsession in a thought-provoking work of social commentary.