Alex Reid reviews Ian Bogost’s Alien Phenomenology

HERE.

Latour’s Table of Contents and Introduction

To his large forthcoming book. HERE.

Bill Simmons on Chris Paul

I liked the following description of the L.A. Clippers point guard:

“You can count on every one of Chris Paul’s basketball decisions coming from a place of genuine logic — and I mean everything, right down to stuff like ‘I can’t give Blake that spin move alley-oop pass there because Kurt Thomas is in the game and he’ll clothesline Blake and hurt him’ or ‘I’m going to talk to this ref during these free throws and butter him up so he’ll give me a call later.’

He’s always thinking, moving, talking, gesturing, chirping, directing … actually, just calling him the league’s smartest player doesn’t do it justice. I’ve never seen a player control his environment more than Chris Paul does. It’s the best thing about seeing him in person — like watching a charismatic defense attorney connect with the judge, the jury and every courtroom spectator all at once.”