Perdido Street Station by China Miéville My rating: 5 of 5 stars I put off reading this for so long, I’d forgotten why I never read it. It certainly came recommended from many sources. A great, sprawling book like the city fixture for which it’s named, Perdido Street Station is a modern fantasy with hints [...]
Hostage by Robert Crais My rating: 3 of 5 stars Gripping. A burnt-out cop settles down in a small California town to deal with the aftermath of a hostage negotiation gone wrong. Separated from his family, and unable to communicate about his traumatic experiences, he withdraws into himself. Then a bungled robbery turns into a [...]
Unless you’re one of those people who doesn’t really pay attention to technology, and if you are, you probably aren’t going to be reading this, you’re aware that Amazon has an electronic book reading device called the Kindle. If you happen to be living north of the 49th parallel (give-or-take) and within a particular band [...]
“Fermat’s Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem” (Amir D. Azcel, Amir D. Aczel) I read this on the flight into San Francisco yesterday. It’s been awhile since I’ve read a math story (I last read, “The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity” (Amir D. Aczel)). [...]
So, it’s almost 2008! I’m still stranded out east waiting for a brief gap in the constant snowfall so I can drive home. Patience is strained, but holding. It’s been made more bearable by good reading and fine scotch. Over the holidays, I read Charles Stross‘ Glasshouse and thoroughly enjoyed it. It continues to amaze [...]
“Accelerando” (Charles Stross) This week I’ve been frittering through Accelerando by Charles Stross. It’s a great book, and I’m genuinely bummed that I’m going to be finished it soon. Like, tomorrow sometime in the midafternoon probably somewhere over Nebraska. Stross has vaulted himself into my shortlist of science fiction writers with the likes of Vernor [...]
I haven’t been typing much into this thing lately. Firstly, a quote: 14:52 < phik> now that I eat two meals a day, I’m a lot more regular 14:52 < phik> I just thought you should know that thanks, phik! I finished a good book a little while ago: Greg Bear’s Eon. It’s an older [...]
I’m at work, in my cube and I can’t connect to the ‘net through my laptop. Oh, sure, I can use this simulacrum of connectivity, but it feels weird, heightens my paranoia and limits my enjoyment. The reason for this lack of connectivity is that I made some modifications to my Airport last night and forgot to re-enable the dialup options. In other words, I n3wbed myself…
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