“Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C J Cherryh book it makes you feel the danger of the hostile environment (or lack of one) out there. And it plays with some fascinating possibilities in human development, and some disconcerting ideas about human consciousness. What else can I say? Thanks for giving me the privilege of reading this.” GivingFeelsHumansArtBookIdeasStatesPlayReadingDarkConsciousnessFictionEnvironmentDangerPossibilityDevelopmentPagesSmartScience FictionPrivilegeThanksExcellentFascinatingThroatHostileHuman DevelopmentHuman ConsciousnessHostile Environment Author:Neal Asher
“Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.'' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?'” ThinkingTryingYearsEnoughHellPagesSmartPicksSophisticatedUlysses Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Daniel Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The organized Mind is smart, important, and, as always, exquisitely written.” KnowsMindImportantWrittenPagesSmartInsightOrganizedOrganized Mind Author:Daniel Gilbert
“My readers often say to me, 'If we lived next door to each other, we'd be best friends.' That is precisely what I wanted to say to smart, funny, self-effacing Ellen McCarthy after I finished reading The Real Thing. I loved every lesson laid out in a book that wouldn't dare to call itself a field guide to marriage but amounts to as much on every page. This is a deeply useful little book.” IfsLittlesBookRealSelfWantedReadingNextDoorsFieldsReaderAmountLessonsPagesSmartDareFinishedGuidesReal Things Author:Kelly Corrigan
“Adam Roberts is an original: smart, funny, talented, endlessly inquisitive, an A student and, happily for us, an A+ teacher. Everyone from beginner cooks to sure hands will learn something new on each page. And even if, like Adam's mom's, your stove stores shoes and handbags, you'll still be charmed by Secrets-it's a great read.” IfsStillsHandsSecretTeacherStudentsMomPagesSmartOriginalsShoesStoresCooksSomething NewAdamBeginnersStovesCharmedInquisitiveHandbags Author:Dorie Greenspan
“I update my MySpace every day, I update my Facebook fan page, but that's about the extent of it. I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day. I'm on the phone every day. There's like five people I just call and yak with every single day. And that to me is my Internet. You can replace the Internet with five really smart friends.” PeopleWantFiveFansInternetConversationPagesSmartPhonesReally SmartUpdatesYaks Author:Patton Oswalt
“I think smart aggregation is a service to readers. And we do it, too ... . Whether it's a politics page and you want Dan Balz to tell you what is he reading, what does he think are the smartest articles today on the elections or the primaries. So, I think aggregation is great ... . So I'm all for aggregation. And the more eyeballs we can get to our content, the better. We do want readers to be educated and to understand the difference between, what is a source that you can trust as opposed to just rumors out there. And the difference between just repurposing content and not crediting it.” ThinkingWantDoeTodayReadingDifferencesSourceReaderPagesSmartElectionEducatedPrimariesArticlesRumorEyeballs Author:Katharine Weymouth
“We read novels. We read hundreds of pages of words, when the story is good because we're willing to stay there. I hope the story is good. I'm going into this venture thinking that the audience is really smart and really wants to hear all the nuances of what we're saying.” ThinkingWantStoriesNovelAudienceWillingPagesSmartVentureNuanceReally Smart Author:Veena Sud
“If reading makes you smart then how come when you read a book they have to put the title of the book on the top of every single page? Does anyone get halfway through a book, What the hell am I reading?” IfsDoeBookReadingHellPagesSmartTitlesHalfway Author:Brian Regan