» 2022 Books and Music
Books
- Velocity Weapon, Megan E. O’Keefe
- Non-didactically explaining why Longtermism is evil
- Infomocracy, Malka Older
- Unconquerable Sun, Kate Elliott
- Dragon, Saladin Ahmed and Dave Acosta
- Chaos Vector, Megan E. O’Keefe
- Catalyst Gate, Megan E. O’Keefe
- Braking Day, Adam Oyebanji
- First novel, and set on a generation ship (which is one of my favorite tropes)
- A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, Alex White
- The Red Threads of Fortune, Neon Yang (as Jy Yang)
- Up Against It, Laura J. Mixon
- Read this if you like The Expanse
- The Stardust Thief, Chelsea Abdullah
- A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers
- Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree
- Dr. Space Junk vs. The Universe, Alice Gorman
- Hey! A non-fiction book
- The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Far from the Light of Heaven, Tade Thompson
- The Red Scholar’s Wake, Aliette de Bodard
- You had me at lesbian space pirates
Music
Notable Albums
- Alvvays, Blue Rev
- Big Joanie, Back Home
- Hot Chip, Freakout/Release
- Ibibio Sound Machine, Electricity
- If you have to make me pick one album from 2022, this is it.
- Kikagaku Moyo, Kumoyo Island
- The Linda Lindas, Growing Up
- Samora Pinderhughes, Grief
- Spoon, Lucifer on the Sofa
- Toro y Moi, Mahal
- Wet Leg, Wet Leg
- Fontaines D.C., Skinty Fia
Singles of Note
- Louie Wong, “K.K. Gizzard”
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard as well as Louie Wong are prolific
- Holy Fuck, “Ninety Five”
- Cold Cave, “Godstar (Psychic TV Cover)”
- I named a rocket for this song, which is a good sign I like something
- Ibibio Sound Machine, “Protection From Evil (AK/DK Remix)”
- LCD Soundsystem, “New Body Rhumba”
- This is from the soundtrack for a film adaptation of Don DeLilo’s novel White Noise
- The Linda Lindas, “Tonight (The Go Go’s Cover)”
- Spoon, “I Can’t Give Everything Away (David Bowie Cover)
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