Books

This book is so good. At first I thought the main character was autistic, but thinking back on it now I think that it just might be how any scientist would approach his situation.

Fascinating book. I found out about it when it popped up in a Folio Society catalog. I have spent ENTIRELY too much money with them, so I get mailers on a regular basis.

https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/piranesi

And I'm like "That looks fascinating, but I don't know if it's $90 worth of fascinating..."

So I picked up a normal copy from Powell's.

Basic premise is this:

You know the Allegory of the Cave?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

Piranesi is trapped is a philosophical construct like that, he's been in it so long, he no longer has a concept of reality, only his existence here. He's lived it, he's mapped it, and as the book goes on he comes to understand and escape it.

It's a really good read, but maybe a little abstract for a lot of people.