I don’t read books just for escape. I read them for orientation. In 2025, I spent the year immersed in 42 works of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction — stories that bend reality just enough to reveal the systems, consequences, and moral frameworks shaping how we think, act, and endure. From the ritual-bound halls of Earthsea to the sprawling consequences of Malazan, these books don’t simplify the world; they make it legible.
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reframing analog /
Reframing Analog argues that analog is not a rejection of digital tools, but a way of working rooted in attention, continuity, and return. It is about spending time with books, music, and ideas long enough for meaning to accumulate, rather than chasing immediacy. In a culture optimized for speed and disappearance, the library becomes a counter-structure—one that assumes memory matters and influence moves both ways. Analog, here, names a practice: attention held over time, work allowed to age, and meaning shaped through use rather than completion.
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