BUFFY SEASON #8: This one is strictly for people who are in the know. If you are one of the faithful, then this is a must read. With the advent of Buffy in comics, Whedon has really hit his stride with this medium. The story, characters, dialogue and humor are just as compelling as they ever were when being produced for TV and the scope (now that it's not constrained by a budget) is epic. Also, reading Whedon's Buffy instead of watching it makes it much more obvious what a huge influence his work has been on other great comics writers like Brian K. Vaughan and Brian Michael Bendis.
The patience of the faithful has at last been rewarded and we can once again bask in the glory of the master (just kidding

For many years now I've been waiting for a book to come along with the same exciting qualities as Hakim Bey's "T.A.Z"; terse, philosophically challenging, a synthesis of brilliant ideas, a manifesto for a new generation's resistance. Graeber's book has actually met those requirements. This is a refreshing and accessible look at our culture's general inability to think outside the box and a clear explanation of some commonsense ideas that simply needed to be put into words. Graeber expands on Hakim Bey by discussing how prevelent anarchist-like systems and cultures are already existing in the world now, but are invisible to the average person who lives trapped by cliches like, "anarchist organization? Isn't that an oxymoron?" Ha Ha. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this lame joke or how vindicating it is to see Mr. Graeber put it to rest. This book is highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the utopian project of envisioning the possibilities for a better world, or anyone who would like a template for understanding the structure of the growing anti-globalization movement, its consensus process, and the threat this poses to our petrified and so-called, "representative democracy".

Goodman is the Edward R. Murrow, the Walter Cronkite of our generation. Ironically, her own investigative work makes it clear why people like herself have no voice in the mainstream media anymore. This book is a highly recommended antidote to Pravda...I mean Fox News.

Speculative fiction: Post-scarcity/anarchism/cultural imperialism