The very secret goal of the column is for the guests to name every book ever written.
It’s a task every single one has failed miserably at with two notable exceptions.
“Well I changed my mind completely and thought it might be fun and interesting to do an update.
Feel free to ignore this, but heres what I was thinking.”
Obviously, I’m not going to ignore Warren Spector.
I figured an update to the original post would just get buried, so here it is in full.
“Is this just promotion for your bloody column, Nic?
“, you may ask.
Au contraire, my little faithless banana bread tin.
It is promotion forliterature itself.
Cheers again to Warren.
Good thing I did because, boy, did I change my mind!
I’ve done some interesting reading recently that I wanted to share.
None of which hadanythingto do with the books I thought I was going to read.
All are exceptionally well-written.
I strongly recommend each of them, but especially if you read all of them back-to-back.
Thats a genuinely special experience.
Or was for me anyway.
First, New York In The Fifties by Dan Wakefield.
The author was like the Zelig character in Woody Allen’s movie.
But then there’s book number 2 – Three Shades Of Blue by James Kaplan.
You get a completely different perspective on those years.
The author talks about specific songs and albums, all of which are streamable.
I listened to the music he was talking about as I was reading, which enriched the experience greatly.
It’s mostly about Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Richard and Mimi Farina.
Again, a different perspective on the period.
I anticipate that being fascinating for its perspective, too.
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall!
And you might just find yourself becoming interested in things you weren’t interested in before.
It makes me want to stay curious and excited and I hope you feel the same.
Also, if you’re a developer with a book habit like get in contact.
I need new guests for the slate and I’m very lazy.
Theyrecently chatted to Jeremy Peel for RPSabout the project.
