John wrote: > I agree with most of what you say, but I just haven't felt like > starting any discussions on this list recently. The two main things > that I have previously been interested in discussing here are SF and > politics. From my point of view, the current political situation in > the US is a disaster and just too depressing to even think about.
So I take it you're not behind Obama's Wall St. reforms... One interesting thing, apropos to the list, has been the prevalence of the term transparency. I'll bet DB gets a chubby every time he hears Obama use it. The thing that bothers me the most is that purveyors of propaganda (Fox) are so influential. > As for science fiction, it seems to me that there has been little good > science fiction coming out lately. If only David Brin would write a > book about Tom Orley and the skiff, that would be fun to discuss here. > > I normally do not read much fantasy, but with the dearth of science > fiction coming out I have been reading some fantasy novels. I recently > finished "The Desert Spear" by Peter V. Brett. That is the sequel to > "The Warded Man" (aka "The Painted Man"), which is the first book in > the series. I'm really enjoying the series so far. Peter really knows > how to build a fantasy world and tell a story. And the characters are > great, Unfortunately, the next book is not due out until 2012. Maybe we've already had this discussion, but have you read Banks' Transition? I like history too, so I've been reading a history of the American Revolution and Hume's history of England. For pure pleasure (and because a complete works collection for my Kindle was dirt cheap) I recently re-read Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. I also bought Dune as I haven't read that in probably 30 years, and a collection of Mil Blogs from the Sandbox http://gocomics.typepad.com/the_sandbox/ Doug _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
