Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the United States Office of Strategic Services

Book 11 of 2025: Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the United States Office of Strategic Services: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A fascinating little World War II artifact that in some ways can still be quite relevant. Sure, much of this is very much of its time, and many of the more specific suggestions are technologically obsolete now. But the broad strokes, and especially the oft-screenshotted section advising office workers on ways to slow down beaurocratic functions, are as useful today as ever. If, of course, you ever happen to find yourself in a situation where an autocratic fascist regime is in power and you have reason and opportunity to do what you can to gum up the works. (Ahem.)

Me holding the Simple Sabotage Field Manual on my iPad

Indiginerds edited by Alina Pete

Book 10 of 2025: Indiginerds edited by Alina Pete: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A short but very solid anthology of comics dealing with the intersection of modern indigenous life and nerd interests. Several good stories in here; my personal favorite is Alina Pete’s “Dorvan V”, addressing Star Trek TNG’s colonialist underpinnings and how one fan’s relationship with it changes over their life.

Me holding Indiginerds

PKD Day

This year’s nominees for the Philip K. Dick award were announced today, and I already have my copies! Looking forward to diving in as soon as I’m done with the book I’m currently reading.

A stack of six books on my lap, showing the tiltes on the spines.

Amusingly, I only had to order five. I’d picked up Triangulum last year at Norwescon, and just hadn’t gotten around to reading it yet. Guess it’s time!