Mastodawn

This week I'm reading 'The Empire of Tea' by Alan MacFarlane

This is a nonfiction history looking at the rise of tea in human society and mainly how it shaped and was shaped by the British Empire with a particular focus on the efforts to develop tea production in the Assam region of India.
It's okay so far, a little unfocused at times, and I'm hoping that later on it becomes more critical of imperialism.

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Frank Skornia

I'm also listening to 'Excession' by Iain M. Banks as an audiobook.

It's a delight to be back in the Culture again, and with a longform narrative, since my last Culture book was an anthology.

This was a new edition by Orbit that broken on release, but seems to be corrected. I may have to go back and read this in print, since I think I may be missing things as I listen while driving.

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