Between the boundaries : essays / Adam Somerset.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Somerset, Adam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardigan : Parthian, [2019]

Summary:

Between the Boundaries follows the course of a single year and covers topics that range from the habits of beavers to the progression of Artificial Intelligence, journeying from Wales to Australia with many stops in between. Humorous, thought- provoking and insightful, it sweeps over and beneath the boundaries, both visible and invisible, that cover the world.

Contents:

Intro

About Adam Somerset

Title Page

Introduction

Art and the Anthropocene

Arab Spring to Winter in 155 Steps

Doctor Dee and the Exemplar Number of All Things Numerable

A Liberal Retrospective

We Became Orphans: A Writer in the Yucatan

A Visit to the Cloud

Wherever There Is Arbitrariness, There Is Also a Certain Regularity

War: What Is it Good For?

The Digital Superhighway

Waiting for a Beaver

I'll Swap You Two Buggers for a Shit

An Elephant in Bremen

The Hate Horrifies Me

Who Needs Empathy? Automating the Professionals

I Long the Arrival of the Ship with the Seeds

An Occasional Flash of Silliness

The Map-makers

A Citizen's Guide to the European Union

They Are Obsessed by Fear

Among the Demonstrators

Arnold Potts

Clarice Beckett

Our Water Closet Has Been Stopt

A Small Blip for Big Gig

A Pint, a Poet and a Portrait

Brits Don't Quit

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Index of Places

Index of People

Parthian Essays

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-912681-53-6

OCLC:

1121141796