I am re-reading The Anit-Oedipus by Deluze and Guitarri. I am also part way through The Philosophy of Social Ecology by Murray Bookchin,

I just got done reading and re-reading a mess of pirate history for a class I am teaching. Pirate Englightenment or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber is a great read in that direction.

I’m probably going to start reading and re-reading a bunch of world building and table top RPG history books… eg the Desginers and Dragons books or the Koblolds guide to Worldbuilding,,,

General recommendation is anything by Ursula K Leguin. The Disspossed is an interesting Sci-Fi read about a scientist devloping intergalactic travel.

I’m a left anarchist. I like things that challenge my perceptions and give historical context…but also ideas about how humans organize. I’m also a sucker for a good adventure story.

Love Ursula (I even have a first edition of Earthsea from an American public library).

I've read bits of Anti-Oedipus but never tried to read the whole thing. Found an audiobook of it online though, so once I'm finished with Ishiguro for my thesis I might give it a full go.

At 12/2/24 12:11 AM, PapaSweets wrote:

: I’m probably going to start reading and re-reading a bunch of world building and table top RPG history books… eg the Desginers and Dragons books or the Koblolds guide to Worldbuilding,,,

If you never picked up any of the Planescape source books, they are well worth a read. The entire setting is delivered to you by a character within the setting, rather than the more detached narrator of the usual table top RPG book.

If graphic novels are okay, I'm on the hunt for reprint compilations of old 30s/40s horror/thriller comics. I simply love those.

Yo if you have any luck lmk, I've always wanted to read stuff from that era. I know they were a huge early influence on Guillermo Del Toro along with the Hunchback of Notre Dame comic.