Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything, (Paperback)

from dazzyj

A collection of fascinating anecdotes that tries to mirror its subject matter by delivering itself in short bursts. It is not clear what it all adds up to, but as you read it the time will fly.

from Raftus

As befits a book about peoples' increasingly shortening attention spans, the chapters in 'Faster' are short and zippy. This makes it an easy book to read, in contrast, say, to the author's latest w...

from chaosmogony

A decent read. A few conspicuous anachronisms really dated the writing. As far as I'm concerned James Gleick could write about the mating habits of obscure Amazonian birds and it'd still be worth t...

from lauren.castan

Food for thought. i've really enjoyed all of his books that I've read.

from conceptDawg

Faster is a wonderful romp through the ever more complicated and accelerated lives of "modern" man. The book is packed full of interesting tidbits of information, statistics, and stories about how ...