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On Inception, The Passage, and Writing in The Obama Era

Published on July 19, 2010 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

The weakness of “It’s all a dream” — why we hate that, why we feel cheated when narratively anything is revealed to be all a dream — is that you’ve just asked me to spend so much time and emotional capital investing in the stakes of this, and you’ve now swept it away with the [...]

Reading Is Fun(damental)

Published on July 12, 2010 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” Wilfred Peterson (via dhammza) At the beginning of the year I made several resolutions, one of which I [...]

Playing with the Kindle, Playing with the Future

Published on January 12, 2010 By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. –Sidney J. Harris It’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of eBooks or eReaders, but there’s no question they’re growing in popularity… at least amongst technology companies. While the hype [...]