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Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads.#559: All Fingers Are Digital
April 14th, 2025 · 112 minutes
After nearly 500 episodes away, Scott McNulty returns to the podcast to discuss the resilience of babies, dysfunction at Apple, the future of the Vision Pro, and (of course) ebooks and e-readers.
Guest Starring: Scott McNulty
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Books
Jason:
- M.R. Carey’s Pandominion duology (Infinity Gate/Echo of Worlds)
- James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series (9 books, “Leviathan Wakes”)
- Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Final Architecture series (3 books, “Shards of Earth”)
- Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series (3 books, “Children of Time”)
- The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Steven Baxter (5 books, “The Long Earth”)
- Merchant Princes series by Charles Stross (6+ books, “The Family Trade”)
Scott:
- Jo Walton’s Small Change (Farthing, Ha’penny, Half a Crown)
- Yoon Ha Lee’s The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun)
- The Culture novels by Ian Banks (not really a good fit, but sort of!)