Thinking, Reading, Watching

The Girl With All The Gifts: We live in a Netflixian world. Books struggle, reading is second order. So the fact that I'm telling you to read this book—in the face of overwhelming odds against the practice of reading—well, that's serious, and you should take it seriously. Although suspense is at a premium here, I don't think I'm ruining anything by saying that this is a post-apocalyptic story of the zombie persuasion. And although the world does not lack for post-apocalyptic zombie stories, this one, I promise you, is different. Anthropologically speaking, it brings a fresh perspective. It's exciting, and inarguably interesting. It will get your thinking juices flowing. Note: there is a Girl With All The Gifts movie—but read the book, do, because the movie isn't nearly as rich, as fraught or as scary. Here's to books!

Fortitude: A crazy television show on Amazon Prime. I say crazy, because after every episode, I find myself saying, "That was crazy!" The kind of bad-dreams crazy where you watch two episodes, and then you have to put on Planet Earth to give your brain a break before bed. Murder. Intrigue. Evil. Science. Death. Vodka. Ice. Polar bears ... Just some of the ground covered here. It's great. Give it a go.

The Red Turtle: An animated short film about a man shipwrecked on an island. It's beautiful. I watched it once, but I'd like to see it again. I suspect there's much more there than meets the eye here. Like, maybe, the secret of life?