Archive for 2004

Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

Sunday, September 12th, 2004

by Steven Johnson ISBN: 0684868768

Ants -- and slime mold -- are more interesting, and more intelligent, than I ever would have guessed. Their intelligence isn't the same as human intelligence, as

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

Thursday, September 2nd, 2004

by George Saunders ISBN: 1573225797

Saunders writes sick, funny stories.

In the six stories and one novella in this collection, culture has collapsed. Capitalism has run amok, slavery is legal, and the

Conversation #1

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

by James Kochalka and Craig Thompson available from Top Shelf Comics

James Kochalka has published mini format comics before, but none as slick as this collaboration with Craig Thompson. Five inches

God’s Fool

Monday, August 30th, 2004

by Mark Slouka ISBN: 0375702091

This story of two brothers ranges from the monsoon-wracked Meklong in Siam to high society Paris to flophouses in London to the Civil War-torn American South. The