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Pitch-black noir. Not for the faint of heart.

This series is turning out to be every bit as good as George R. R. Martin’s, maybe even better. It’s surprisingly funny, too.

Another John Hurt tune, just can’t get enough of this guy. Also courtesy of Mr. Miller.

Avalon Blues

Oakley is looking at the biological roots of bad behavior, with “bad” ranging from mild antisocial tendencies all the way up to mass murder and despotism. Very thorough and quite good.

Collier outlines the causes of the desperate poverty of the world’s poorest countries, and presents his solutions to their plight.

The laws of technological hierarchy, pseudonymously distilled for our pleasure.

Larry, Larry, quite contrary.

A mostly dry but occasionally interesting survey of how people express emotions with their face.

A collection of early Hammett short stories and one unfinished novel. With an introduction by Lillian Hellman, which I skipped. The stories are just fine, but it’s probably for the best the novel was never finished.

Sager traces the seams in the Republic coalition (libertarians and social conservatives) and how they might be fraying.