swedishbadgergirl I read "Every Heart a Doorway" not too long ago either, I thought it was a fairly interesting read. Not a tremendous fan of the dialogue, but I agree that the concept is really engaging. Ended up listening to one of the follow-ups as well, which was about the same quality.

I am in the middle of about half a dozen books, as always.

NON-FICTION:

I feel like I'm reading way too much nonfiction at the moment. I'm putting together resources for some possible future video-essays on music criticism and theory, so I'm knee-deep in academia at the moment.

Segregating Sound by Karl Hagstrom Miller - A deep dive into the formation of folk/country/"race" music in the early 20th century. Unique amongst several other academic looks at "folk" music in that it views corporate "Pop" music as equally important, and not separate, in the formation of cultural canons. Kinda dry.

Musicking by Christopher Small - I read this in college, and am revisiting it now. Very readable, it's mainly concerned with a radical broadening of how we define music as a process, rather than a text.

Hand's End by David Rothenberg - A book I desperately want to enjoy. It looks at technology as not separate from our engagement with nature, but a vital part of our process of understanding nature. Techno-ecology. Pretty dry.

Zeroes and Ones by Sadie Plant - a really enjoyable (for me at least) look at the history of women in computing. Brings in a lot of different disciplines. You can pretty easily find it for free online too...

FICTION:

Jerusalem by Alan Moore - Why do I torture myself? This book is awesome, but Christ, is it long and difficult to grok.