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Already enjoying it… the separation of thoughts makes it interesting. Just a paragraph or two and then :

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20% in and zero Marxism, some linguistics theory. It’s as if the author had this piece on Chomsky and just threw it in. And rather meh too.

I am loving how dense the text is. The story is wonderfully peculiar.

I am loving how dense the text is. The story is wonderfully peculiar.

Oh my god I'm dying, this is so good.

slow going

I love the kind of travel memoir with an honest (and course) style. The thing about this book is that it's incredibly humorous and one can see that Sarah goes right to the devotees of the many religions she gives a shot; she speaks with Sikhs, Buddhists, Hindus (obviously), Parsi Zoroastrians, followers of Amma, etc., to understand and come to the terms with the giant contradictions witnessed everyday in India.

So far so good! It's a great companion to Gleick's 'The Information' and a succinct history of writing and reading. Not yet to the meat of his findings, but I can't put it down.

sooo good and frustrating!

Can't stop thinking about the problems of intellectual property...

So far a book to help librarians' self-esteem...

gripping so far...