Fragile Things
Short Fictions and Wonders
by Neil Gaiman · first published 2006
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Non-fiction: * 'Better' by Atul Gawande (also his 'Complications' and of course 'The Checklist Manifesto') * 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson. Fiction: * 'Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders' by Neil Gaiman * 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss Graphic novels ("comics"): * 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore * 'Promethea' by Alan Moore (actually I'm halfway through…
on “Ask HN: What are the best books you've read in the past year?” ↗Neil Gaiman (in "Goliath," from the Matrix comic series, collected later in his "Fragile Things" anthology) said that humans linked to the Matrix were used as processors, not batteries. This guy has a link to a PDF, might be better copies out there somewhere: https://english97withclay.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/read-goli...
on “Why are Humans used as Batteries (a power source) in the Matrix? (2017)” ↗