Sci-Fi Author J.G. Ballard Predicts the Rise of Social Media (1977) openculture.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from openculture.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I was on not one but
two award juries in 2020. I told myself it was reasonable because there was a lot of overlap in the potential nominee pools, so it wouldn’t be
that much extra reading. I didn’t count on 2020 being a year of unusual strain and psychic deterioration, which increased the difficulty of reading, thinking, making critical judgments, and really doing anything that required executive function. Still, I got through my mountains of books, and even found some comfort (or, at least, distraction) there. I’ll highlight ten of my favorites.
The best book of the year for me was