Category Archives: Book Projects

WINK Review: Warhammer 40,000 7th Ed. Boxed Set

With Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition, Games Workshop has made some more dramatic changes. Since this is really a review of the 7th edition boxed set itself, I won’t discuss rules changes. But those changes do suggest that GW is willing to sacrifice parts of the 40K universe backstory in an effort to sell more miniatures.Continue reading “WINK Review: Warhammer 40,000 7th Ed. Boxed Set”

The End of Being Interviews Gareth

I did an interview with the fine feathered freaks at counter-culture ezine, The End of Being: You catalogue so many aspects of the internet’s early history. In “The Electric Cottage: A Flashforward” you cite the experience of your young son, Blake, being totally unaware of the historical newness of the tech he was being raisedContinue reading “The End of Being Interviews Gareth”

First Review of Borg Like Me!

Casey Rae, of The Future of Music Coalition, Adjunct Prof. of Communications, Culture & Technology at Georgetown, and chief contrarian at The Contrarian, has published the first review of Borg Like Me. Hope this is an auspicious sign. Gareth Branwyn is one such pioneer. His birds-eye account of underground media at the dawn of theContinue reading “First Review of Borg Like Me!”

Announcing the Release of Borg Like Me

For Immediate Release July 2, 2014–Sparks of Fire Press is excited to announce the release of Borg Like Me & Other Tales of Art, Eros, and Embedded Systems, a best-of collection and “poor man’s memoir” from cyberculture pioneer and maker movement midwife, Gareth Branwyn. This heavily-illustrated, beautifully-produced book chronicles Branwyn’s personal and professional journey, fromContinue reading “Announcing the Release of Borg Like Me”

WINK Review: Typewriter Art

As with the personal computer, and so many other technologies, “The street finds its own uses for things.” (William Gibson) Almost immediately after the introduction of the typewriter, in 1874, artists, poets, and publishers realized they could appropriate the typewriter as an art tool – the letters that it stamped out could serve as graphicContinue reading “WINK Review: Typewriter Art”

WINK Review: Pictorial Webster’s Dictionary

My most recent review on WINK: In the summer of 1996, fine-press bookmaker John M. Carrera began a ten-year odyssey after discovering a brittle and yellowing copy of the 1898 Webster’s International Dictionary under his grandfather’s favorite reading chair. He was so taken by the book’s wooden engravings that he contacted the Merriam-Webster Company andContinue reading “WINK Review: Pictorial Webster’s Dictionary”

Early Reader-Reviews of Borg Like Me

The early reader-reviews of BLM are starting to come in. The book is at the printer. As soon as it’s in-hand, the pre-order pricing (with free shipping and free ebook version) will end. Get it cheaper while you can. Review snippets: “It’s a big ol’ silky smooth slice of brain pie with emotive crumbles. AnContinue reading “Early Reader-Reviews of Borg Like Me”

Recording The Beatles Review on WINK

On today’s WINK review: How many books in your library make you happy just to know that you own them? How many do you enthusiastically show off to friends, knowing that you’re sharing something truly unique and wondrous? Recording The Beatles is one of a few such books in my library. First off, the “outContinue reading “Recording The Beatles Review on WINK”