Posts tagged James Suzman
The World Builder's Bookshelf, Part 1
The World Builder's Bookshelf, Part 1

Now, I’ve had a lot of thoughts on genre fiction in the past, and this list is going to be more useful for people interested in writing a secondary world story, with a particular (but not exclusive) eye towards fantasy fiction. As a result of a number of factors, there are going to be several works that I often make use of in my political thoughts, but this list isn’t primarily or solely focused on that.

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Book Lists, Written by: CameronCameron SummersWorld Building, The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft from the Ice Age to the Present, Chris Gosden, Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga, Work: A Deep History, James Suzman, Seeing Like a State, James C. Scott, Debt: The First 5000 Years, David Graeber, The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe, David M. Perry, Matthew Gabriele, Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, David Wengrow, A Burglar's Guide to the City, Geoff Manaugh, The Medieval Vision: Essays in History and Perception, Carolly Erickson, The Medieval Machine, Jean Gimpel, The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel, Cannibal Metaphysics, Eduardo Viveiros de CastroComment
Cameron's Book Round-Up: The End of 2022
Cameron's Book Round-Up: The End of 2022

The semester is coming to an end, and I’ve spent a lot of time going to and from campuses — which gives me a lot of time to listen to audio. A lot of these were audio books, but there are a few print novels as well.

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Written by: Cameron, Book reviewsCameron SummersJames C. Scott, Seeing Like a State, Work: A Deep History, James Suzman, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Sundial, Catriona Ward, Charles Stross, Quantum of Nightmares, The Laundry Files, A Memory Called Empire, Teixcalaan, Arkady Martine, A Country of Ghosts, Margaret Killjoy, The Night Will Find Us, Matthew Lyons, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs, Camilla Townsend, A Desolation Called PeaceComment