
I like fractals, math, music, photography and olfaction.
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I appreciate it when websites don't do these things. https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/01/04/cruft/
Humble Bundle has an Ursula Le Guin's ebook bundle, including essays, writing advice, short stories and novels. I have enjoyed a lot of her work, especially the "Steering the Craft" book and the stories in "The Birthday of the World" collection. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/wizard-earthsea-and-more-ursula-k-le-guin-books
Then: How to be Silicon Valley by Paul Graham. https://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html While the essay didn't exactly resonate with me, that type of question seemed more important and interesting then than it does now. It was written in 2006, but it was still the sort of thing people were talking about in 2014.
The English pilot in Shogun is based on a historical person https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_(pilot)