Currently in progress: Moby Dick - yeah, idk man, it's fine. Not that far in yet. I have a poster of "The Lee Shore" in my room so I figured I should finally actually read the book. The Art of Fielding, for roughly the 6th time. Wonderful book. Kind of a silly story, but Harbach just gets baseball. Also another reason for reading Moby Dick (plays a relatively significant role in TAoF). Exhalation: Stories: thanks to mk for posting an excerpt. Chiang is amazingly deft at constructing sci-fi scenarios that are simultaneously fascinating in their mechanics and revealing in their philosophy. Reminds me of Clarke or Asimov at his best. Recently finished: Impossible Owls: Essays: an odd collection of travel writing that somehow manages to reveal important truths about the world, like the fact that tigers are real freakin animals that exist in the world holy shit guys how cool is that