All Consuming : Larry Hosken

Consumed "Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:11:59 GMT

Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It)

by William Poundstone

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Get Smart"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:10:48 GMT

Get Smart

by Peter Segal

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Appleseed Ex Machina [Blu-ray]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:09:18 GMT

Appleseed Ex Machina [Blu-ray]

by Shinji Aramaki

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Matter"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:42:15 GMT

Matter

by Iain M. Banks

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:54 GMT

Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective

by Diomidis Spinellis

Consumed "Spook Country"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:25:11 GMT

Spook Country

by William Gibson

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:23:39 GMT

Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

by Adam Shepard

Consumed "Daemon"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:21:59 GMT

Daemon

by Leinad Zeraus

Consumed "Punching In: My Unauthorized Adventure as a Front Line Employee"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:21:03 GMT

Punching In: My Unauthorized Adventure as a Front Line Employee

by Alex Frankel

Consumed "Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs to Know (Expert's Voice)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:20:08 GMT

Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs to Know (Expert's Voice)

by Neil Daswani

WORTH IT!

Consumed "A Far Country (Vintage Contemporaries)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:15:26 GMT

A Far Country (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Daniel Mason

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Eleanor Rigby"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:12:56 GMT

Eleanor Rigby

by Douglas Coupland

Consumed "Cosmonaut Keep (The Engines of Light, Book 1)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:11:39 GMT

Cosmonaut Keep (The Engines of Light, Book 1)

by Ken Macleod

Consumed "Ambient Findability"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:28:41 GMT

Ambient Findability

by Peter Morville

NOT WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:27:17 GMT

The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters

by Charles Perrow

Consumed "Essays in Computing Science Including References, Biography and Index (Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:46:26 GMT

Essays in Computing Science Including References, Biography and Index (Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science)

by C.A.R. Hoare

Consumed "Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:46:23 GMT

Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts

by Burkhard Bilger

Consumed "The Atrocity Archives"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:44:14 GMT

The Atrocity Archives

by Charles Stross

Consumed "Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:42:58 GMT

Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book)

by Italo Calvino

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Air We Breathe: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:32:05 GMT

The Air We Breathe: A Novel

by Andrea Barrett

WORTH IT!

Why I recommend "Planet of Slums"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Larry Hosken) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:14:25 GMT

Planet of Slums

by Mike Davis

I’m glad I read this book. Nevertheless, if I was going to read just one book about slums across the world, I’d probably read Neuwirth’s Shadow Cities instead.