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All the books I reviewed in 2020

I know it's a little late for Xmas shipping, but I'm FINALLY getting around to publishing a roundup of all the books I reviewed in 2019!

Part 1: FICTION FOR ADULTS

I. AGENCY by William Gibson: A sequel to The Peripheral for the Trump years, about seductive bitterness of imagined alternate timelines, filled with cyberpunk cool and action.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-01-24/agency-william-gibson

II. RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi: An incandescent Afrofuturist novella that connects the Rodney King uprising with contemporary struggle, pitting supernatural powers against dire politics.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/04/23/riot-baby/#Tochi-Onyebuchi

III. OR WHAT YOU WILL by Jo Walton: A metafiction about the desperate attempt of a character to pull his writer into a fictional world to save the both from human mortality.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/07/little-bro-with-snowden/#metafiction

IV. A BEAUTIFULLY FOOLISH ENDEAVOR by Hank Green: Sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - a madcap and sometimes brutal tale of social media influencers, alien invaders, disinformation, and runaway capitalism.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/08/absolutely-remarkable-thing/#carls

V. FAILED STATE by Christopher Brown: A legal eco-thriller that imagines the end of capitalism without imagining the end of the world - cyberpunk meets ecotopianism, with anarchist jurisdictions, show-trials, and rewilding.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/failed-state/#chris-brown

VI. AFTERLAND by Lauren Beukes: Eerily well-timed road-trip novel set after a prostate-cancer plague wipes out nearly every man on Earth, except for the protagonist's teenaged son, who is now being hunted by the (all-female) US government.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/28/afterland/#XY

VII. BALLISTIC KISS by Richard Kadrey: Sandman Slim confronts the worst demons of all - his own trauma and self-doubt.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/25/anxietypunk/#bk

VIII. SQUEEZE ME by Carl Hiaasen: Hiaasen was writing comedic whodunnits about improbable Florida Man types decades before the memes, and his Mar-a-Lago gator plague novel is a hectic and hilarious tale for our times.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/florida-man/#disappearing-act

VIII. The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: KSR says it's his last novel and I say it's the book he's been training to write all his life. If you like your climate fiction wrenching but still uplifting enough to move you to tears...

https://pluralistic.net/2020/12/03/ministry-for-the-future/#ksr

IX. SET MY HEART TO FIVE by Simon Stephenson: An absurdist robot-romp in the mold of Kurt Vonnegut about a robot who catches the disease of emotions and tries to treat it by moving to Hollywood to write screenplays about robots.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/01/cant-pay-wont-pay/#robot-rights

Part 2: NONFICTION FOR ADULTS

I. A PUBLIC SERVICE by Tim Schwartz: An incredibly practical, detailed guide for would-be whistleblowers (and journalists who work with them) to staying safe while spilling the beans.

https://memex.craphound.com/2020/01/08/a-public-service-a-comprehensive-comprehensible-guide-to-leaking-documents-to-journalists-and-public-service-groups-without-getting-caught/

II. THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING by Keith Ammann: A sourcebook for RPG game-masters explaining how different kinds of monsters can use a variety of combat tactics that add depth, texture (and challenge) to your games.

https://memex.craphound.com/2020/01/10/the-monsters-know-what-theyre-doing-an-rpg-sourcebook-for-dms-who-want-to-imbue-monsters-with-deep-smart-tactics/

III. SNOWDEN'S BOX by Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge: The incredible, true tale of how trust among friends allowed Snowden's leaks to safely transit from his home in Hawai'i to the hands of Laura Poitras and the journalists who reported the story.

https://memex.craphound.com/2020/03/31/snowdens-box-the-incredible-illuminating-story-of-the-journey-of-snowdens-hard-drive/

III. ABOLISH SILICON VALLEY by Wendy Liu: A personal journey from a fully bought-in believer in Silicon Valley's meritocracy to a ferocious critic who demands tech to serve humanity, not a human race in service to the tech industry.

https://memex.craphound.com/2020/04/14/abolish-silicon-valley-memoir-of-a-driven-startup-founder-who-became-an-anti-capitalist-activist/

IV. THE CASE FOR A JOB GUARANTEE by Pavlina Tcherneva: A fierce little book setting out an economic program to rescue the nation and the planet from a system that insists we can't even hope for a better world.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/22/jobs-guarantee/#job-guarantee

VII. SUBPRIME ATTENTION CRISIS by Tim Hwang: What's worse than having our lies destroyed by surveillance to manipulate us with ads? Having our lives destroyed by surveillance in order to fuel a fraudulent market in ad-based manipulation.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/05/florida-man/#wannamakers-ghost

VIII. MONOPOLIES SUCK by Sally Hubbard: There are plenty of *great* books about monopolies and the resurgence in antitrust, but Hubbard's is the most practical, providing the reader with excellent advice for actually *doing something* about monopolism.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/27/peads-r-us/#sally-hubbard

IX. BREAK 'EM UP by Zephyr Teachout: The most lucid, readable, infuriating, energizing book on the rise of monopolies. Teachout never loses sight of the systemic nature of the problem, even as she uses individual stories to tell the tale.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/29/break-em-up/#break-em-up

X. BOUNDLESS REALM by Fox Nolte: There has never been a better book about the Haunted Mansion (indeed, this is one of the best books ever written about environmental design in general). Nolte goes *way* beyond trite wisdom about "storytelling."

https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/09/boundless-realm/#fuxxfur

PART 3: GRAPHIC NOVELS

I. YEAR OF THE RABBIT by Tean Viasna: A graphic memoir of Viasna's harrowing boyhood during the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. It's a tale we've rarely seen through the eyes of a child, and brilliantly realized.

https://memex.craphound.com/2020/01/22/year-of-the-rabbit-a-graphic-novel-memoir-of-one-familys-life-under-the-khmer-rouge/

II. FEMALE FURIES by @misscecil: Castellucci uses an obscure and anachronistic all-woman cast of DC Universe b-characters to tell an incredible, smart, pitiless story about #MeToo, comics, solidarity and betrayal.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/29/female-furies/#apokolips-now

III. LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CARTOONIST by Adrian Tomine: A memoir of intensely felt impostor syndrome, a forceful reminder that comparison is the thief of joy - and that the traits that keep an artist going at first go toxic over time.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/21/the-thief-of-joy/#tomine

IV. CONSTITUTION ILLUSTRATED by R Sikoryak: The Trump years were an unhappy crash-course in Constitutional law, but Sikoryak's genius adaptation of the Constitution in the style of dozens of cartoonists is a pure delight.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/27/ip/#r-sikoryak

PART 4: KIDS AND YA

I. SEND PICS by Lauren McLaughlin: A YA novel that's a thrilling revenge-play about "revenge porn," a cyber-heist novel that's also a sneaky and forceful book about teen girls' sexuality.

https://memex.craphound.com/2020/04/21/send-pics-ripping-brutal-amazing-novel-about-teens-sextortion-revenge-and-justice/

II. IMPOSSIBLE MUSIC by Sean Williams: A YA novel about a music-obsessed kid who loses his hearing is the frame for a book about ability, adaptation, music theory, family, Deafness and what dreams are really for.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/30/deafhood/#impossible-music

III. HARD WIRED by Len Vlahos: A 15 year old discovers the truth behind bizarre dysfunction of the world around him: he's an AI in a sim, and the guy he thinks of as his long-dead father is actually the research scientists who created him.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/31/ai-rights-now/#len-vlahos

IV. ADVENTURES OF A DWERGISH GIRL, by Daniel Pinkwater: Like every Pinkwater novel, it defies description, it is brilliant, and it is his best to date. Ghosts, Revolutionary War fleshbots, papaya juice, and supernatural beings from the Catskills!

https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/25/dwergish-girl/#you-are-a-pickle

V. WITCH by Finbar Hawkins: A beautiful debut novel about a pair of 17th century sisters who avenge themselves against the witchfinders that murdered their mother. A superbly told historical.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/10/01/the-years-of-repair/#witch

FINALLY: I published *four* books in 2020!

I. POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER: My debut picture book, about a little girl who turns her toys into weapons and torments her parents by hunting monsters all night, with wonderful art by Matt Rockefeller:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781626723627

II. LITTLE BROTHER/HOMELAND: My multibestselling YA novels were reissued last summer in a gorgeous package with a (fantastic) new introduction by Snowden.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250774583

III. ATTACK SURFACE: A standalone, adult sequel to Little Brother and Homeland. The New York Times called it "vocal and unflinching" and "ultimately optimistic"; the Washington Post called it a "riveting techno-thriller."

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250757531

IV. HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM: A long pamphlet/short book that makes the case that Big Tech manipulates us and spies on us because they have monopolies - not because they've developed devastating, data-driven mind-control.

https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59

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alteredeverypartofme · 7 years

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Ok I may be a little early with this, I don’t know but I decided to post my predictions for this years British Soap Awards. There is a lot I’m undecided on and I don’t watch a couple of soaps so genuinely have no idea if the actors/SL’s were good or not, I’ve just tried to share the panel voted awards out a bit. Ok I have no idea how to put writing in bold on tumblr so instead I've put a smiley face next to my predictions for who I think will win: BEST BRITISH SOAP (Last year’s winner was Emmerdale) Coronation Street 😀 Doctors EastEnders Emmerdale Hollyoaks BEST ACTOR (Last year’s winner was Danny Miller – Emmerdale) Jack P Shepherd (Coronation Street, David Platt) Danny Miller (Emmerdale, Aaron Dingle) John Middleton (Emmerdale, Ashley Thomas) 😀 Jamie Lomas (Hollyoaks, Warren Fox) Gregory Finnegan (Hollyoaks, James Nightingale) BEST ACTRESS (Last year’s winner was Lacey Turner - EastEnders) Kym Marsh (Coronation Street, Michelle Connor) Lucy Fallon (Coronation Street, Bethany Platt) Lacey Turner (EastEnders, Stacey Fowler) Charlotte Bellamy (Emmerdale, Laurel Thomas) 😀 Anna Passey (Hollyoaks, Sienna Blake) Panel Voted Categories: VILLAIN OF THE YEAR (Last year’s winner was Connor McIntyre – Coronation Street) Connor McIntyre (Coronation Street, Pat Phelan) Lucy-Jo Hudson (Doctors, Rhiannon Davis) Jake Wood (EastEnders, Max Branning) Gillian Kearney (Emmerdale, Emma Barton) Persephone Swales-Dawson (Hollyoaks, Nico Blake) 😀 BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE (Last year’s winner was Patti Clare – Coronation Street) Dolly-Rose Campbell (Coronation Street, Gemma Winter) 😀 Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Doctors, Dr Zara Carmichael) Tameka Empson (EastEnders, Kim Fox-Hubbard) Dominic Brunt (Emmerdale, Paddy Kirk) Nicole Barber Lane (Hollyoaks, Myra McQueen) BEST NEWCOMER (Last year’s winner was Bonnie Langford – EastEnders) Rob Mallard (Coronation Street, Daniel Osbourne) Ritu Aryu (Doctors, Dr Megan Sharma) Zack Morris (EastEnders, Keegan Baker) Sally Dexter (Emmerdale, Faith Dingle)😀 Duncan James (Hollyoaks, Ryan Knight) BEST STORYLINE (Last year’s winner was Stacey’s Postpartum Psychosis – EastEnders) The Grooming of Bethany, Coronation Street Rhiannon’s Second Chance, Doctors Lee’s Mental Health, EastEnders Ashley’s Dementia, Emmerdale 😀 Teenage Cancer, Hollyoaks BEST SINGLE EPISODE (Last year’s winner was Doctors – The Heart of England) Kylie’s Death, Coronation Street A Christmas Carol, Doctors Lee On The Edge, EastEnders Ashley’s Point Of View, Emmerdale 😀 What Is Consent? Hollyoaks BEST MALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE (Last year’s winner was Danny Miller – Emmerdale) Simon Gregson (Coronation Street, Steve McDonald) Ian Midlane (Doctors, Dr Al Haskey) Steve McFadden (EastEnders, Phil Mitchell) John Middleton (Emmerdale, Ashley Thomas) 😀 Kieron Richardson (Hollyoaks, Ste Hay) BEST FEMALE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE (Last year’s winner was Lacey Turner – EastEnders) Kym Marsh (Coronation Street, Michelle Connor) 😀 Dido Miles (Doctors, Dr Emma Reid) Diane Parish (EastEnders, Denise Fox) Charlotte Bellamy (Emmerdale Laurel Thomas) Nadine Mulkerrin (Hollyoaks, Cleo McQueen) BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP (Last year’s winners were Sally Dynevor & Joe Duttine – Coronation Street) Malcolm Hebden & Patti Clare (Coronation Street, Norris Cole & Mary Taylor) 😀 Matthew Chambers & Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Doctors, Dr Daniel Granger & Dr Zara Carmichael) James Bye & Lacey Turner (EastEnders, Martin & Stacey Fowler) John Middleton & Charlotte Bellamy (Emmerdale, Ashley & Laurel Thomas) Richard Linnell & Kassius Nelson (Hollyoaks, Alfie Nightingale & Jade Albright) BEST YOUNG ACTOR (Last year’s winner was Ruby O’Donnell – Hollyoaks) Elle Mulvaney (Coronation Street, Amy Barlow) Bleu Landau (EastEnders, Dennis Rickman) Isobel Steele (Emmerdale, Liv Flaherty) 😀 Ela May Demircan (Hollyoaks, Leah Barnes) SCENE OF THE YEAR (Last year’s winner was Val’s Death – Emmerdale) Michelle’s Goodbye To Ruairi - Coronation Street Haunted By His Voices - Doctors Ronnie & Roxy's Exit - EastEnders The Hotten Bypass Pile Up - Emmerdale 😀 Jade Says Goodbye To Alfie - Hollyoaks

#british soap awards #emmerdale #robron #long post

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iverykittenbouquetfan-blog · 5 years

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EastEnders SPOILER: First look at Kim's baby

EastEnders SPOILER: First look at Kim’s baby

EastEnders has released the first look at Kim fox Hubbard’s new baby.

The tiny tot will be born over Christmas as Kim goes into labour at work at the Minute Mart with a very unlikely birthing partner.

Kim emotionally welcomed her new baby with Phil by her side (Credit: BBC)

With husband Vincent missing having been last seen at gunpoint earlier this year, Kim has been left alone to cope.

But when…

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rainytyrantbouquet-136b3eef · 6 years

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EastEnders' Kush Kazemi and Kim Fox-Hubbard caught in steamy shower clinch - https://youtu.be/Krs__L7QSYM

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anglenews · 7 years

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EastEnders spoilers: Kim Fox-Hubbard is pregnant but how will Vincent react? http://www.anglenews.com/eastenders-spoilers-kim-fox-hubbard-is-pregnant-but-how-will-vincent-react/

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Phil Kidnaps His Own SON! EastEnders

#EastEnders #Christmas 2021 #2022 #Phil Mitchell #Raymond Dawkins #Kat Slater #Phat #Sharon Watts #Denise Fox #Kim Fox #Patrick Trueman #Jack Branning #Vincent Hubbard #TBT #Throwback Thursday

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deniseyallen · 7 years

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Portman's Bipartisan Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act Included in Senate Tax Reform Bill

Bill Ends Student Loan Tax Penalty for Families Suffering from Child’s Death or Permanent Disability; Student Loans that are ‘Forgiven’ after Death or Permanent Disability of the Lender Still Face Thousands in New Tax Payments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that his Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act, legislation he introduced earlier this year with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Angus King (I-ME), has been included in the Senate tax reform bill. The bill is designed to eliminate a tax penalty levied on student loans forgiven for families after the death of their child and Americans who develop permanent disabilities. The bill also allows a parent whose child develops a total and permanent disability to qualify for student loan discharge. Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced a companion bill in the House. Portman discussed the legislation on Fox News earlier this year with Senator Coons.

While the federal government forgives certain federal student loans in the case of the death or disability of the borrower, the IRS treats this cancelled debt as income, which can result in tens of thousands of dollars in immediate tax liability. The Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act would eliminate this unfair tax, which simply replaces one financial burden with another and serves no public policy purpose. The tax on discharged loans is not only an unnecessary tax, but it also prevents the Department of Education from streamlining the loan forgiveness process.

Portman’s interest in this issue was spurred by the outreach from constituents in Ohio who were facing the consequences of this misguided policy.

“Families like the Carducci family of Steubenville, Ohio, who have a child who has become permanently and totally disabled are going through unimaginable grief,” Portman said. “Because of this tragic disability, they cannot afford a massive student loan bill. Other families have a lost a child, and are forced to pay a significant tax penalty, sometimes of tens of thousands of dollars, on forgiven student loans while they are still grieving. The last thing that families in these situations need is that kind of financial burden. I am pleased this bill has been included as part of the Senate tax reform plan. I hope to see it signed into law soon to provide relief to these families at a difficult time.”

The federal government authorizes the forgiveness of certain federal loans in the case of the death or total and permanent disability of the borrower, including:

Student loan discharge for death. Congress has acknowledged the tragic circumstances of when a parent loses a child by authorizing the Department of Education to forgive outstanding federal student loans that a parent borrowed on behalf of their child prior to their child’s death. Many private lenders also discharge student loans that are co-signed by a parent if their child dies.

Student loan discharge for disability. Each year, thousands of Americans, including veterans, develop disabilities or chronic health conditions so severe that they are determined by the federal government to be totally and permanently disabled. In recognition of the tremendous burden of their disabilities, Congress authorized the Department of Education to forgive outstanding federal student loans held by these Americans. Many private lenders also discharge student loans as a result of total and permanent disability.

Despite these provisions, individuals who suffer great personal loss or severe injury are often shocked to learn that the IRS requires them to pay income tax on the amount of student loans forgiven by the federal government and private lenders. A one-time discharge can result in tens of thousands of dollars in immediate tax liability.

The Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act:

Exempts from income tax federal and private student loans that are discharged due to the death of a child or total and permanent disability. Congress already exempts certain discharged federal student loans from income taxes. Under Section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, public sector employees, including teachers, public defenders and librarians, who meet length of service requirements, are exempt from paying income tax on discharged loans. The Higher Education Act also provides for the tax-exempt forgiveness of student loans due to the closure of a borrower’s school. This bill simply adds federal and private student loan discharges as a result of death or total and permanent disability to the existing list of tax-exempt discharges.

Allows a parent whose child develops a total and permanent disability to qualify for student loan discharge. The bill resolves an inconsistency in statute by authorizing the Department of Education to discharge federal loans owed by a parent of a child who becomes totally and permanently disabled. Currently parents are allowed to discharge federal student loans if they develop a total and permanent disability, or if their child dies, but not if their child develops a total and permanent disability. The bill also exempts this new type of discharge from income tax.

The bill has been endorsed by: The American Legion; Student Veterans of America; Veterans Education Success; Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors; American Council on Education; National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA); Access Group; the American Federation of Teachers; National Council of Higher Education Resources (NCHER); National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients); The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), Young Invincibles; Education Finance Council; Higher Education Loan Coalition; American Foundation for the Blind; American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR); Association of University Centers on Disabilities; Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation; Goodwill Industries International; Justice in Aging; Lutheran Services in America Disability Network; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; National Alliance on Mental Illness; National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities; National Association of Disability Representatives; National Disability Rights Network; National Down Syndrome Congress; National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR); Paralyzed Veterans of America; The Arc of the United States; United Spinal Association; and the National Disability Institute; ACCSES; American Association of People with Disabilities; Bazelon Center for Mental Health; Community Legal Services of Philadelphia; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Mental Health America; National Association of State Head Injury Administrators; Parent to Parent USA; Special Needs Alliance; United Cerebral Palsy

"Student Veterans of America applauds the dedication Senators Coons, King and Portman have shown in supporting the families of fallen service members,” said Will Hubbard, Vice President of Public Affairs, Student Veterans of America. "Fallen service members with student loans are eligible to have their student loans discharged, however, this discharged amount of debt is considered income and is taxable. In the past, we have seen families who have lost a loved one, receive a tax bill for this discharged student debt. It is unconscionable that the families of the fallen in their time of grief are burdened by this backwards policy. This bill aims at changing this tax issue so that those families who have already paid the ultimate price are not additionally saddled by a discharged student loan tax. We at SVA fully support this bill and hope to see it move forward quickly."

"The Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act would make an important difference to people with work limiting disabilities who have their student loans discharged. It is common sense that someone who cannot pay back their student loans due to a total and permanent disability cannot afford to pay taxes on the discharge of those loans," said Kim Musheno, Chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD). "CCD thanks Senators Coons, King, and Portman for introducing this legislation to ensure that people with disabilities are no longer hurt by the unintended economic consequences of utilizing this important loan discharge provision."

"Taxing people who have had their federal and private student loans canceled due to a total and permanent disability or because of the death of their child is grossly unfair and defeats the purpose of those loan cancellation programs," said Persis Yu, director of the National Consumer Law Center's Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project. “This bill will ensure that vulnerable student loan borrowers are not forced to trade an unaffordable student loan debt for an unaffordable tax debt. We applaud Senators Coons, King and Portman for their leadership on solving this problem. Congress should move quickly to pass this legislation."

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from Rob Portman http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=88D222DD-CAFE-47CD-8841-0FC5EBAE2D51

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