Mastodawn

At the #JohnChu and #MaxGladstone event at #PorterSquareBooks in #CambridgeMA - a glorious bike ride over. huzzah! https://portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-04-10/john-chu-author-subtle-art-folding-space-conversation-max-gladstone #bookstodon #boston #bostonbooks

John Chu, author of The Subtle Art of Folding Space, in conversation with Max Gladstone

Porter Square Books

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Let’s Change Cambridge 4d ago

Too tired to go, so gonna use social media to pitch @[email protected] on a pre-Craft contractual system inspired by the "multiple families creating a new lineage with a fake ancestor (and god?!) to get tax exemptions from the Qing authorities" strategy in press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Art of Being Governed

The Art of Being Governed

An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state

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Let’s Change Cambridge

(Book is about how Ming and early Qing families used regulatory arbitrage and contracts to manage their obligations to and benefits from the government to their best advantage. Also there are some pirates.)