At 10:37 AM Tuesday 7/14/2009, Nick Arnett wrote:
I've been reading so much lately... been thinking it's time to post
some quick thoughts about recent readings and ask what others are reading, too.
I just started "The Caryatids" by Bruce Sterling. Somewhat over the
top in terms of apocalyptic technology, but I can't help liking the
fact that it is set on the island of Mljet, Croatia, where my
namesake, great-grampa Nikolai Strazicich, lived.
"Mainspring" by Jay Lake reminded me quite a bit of "Anathem" in
tone - religion and science fiction set in an older age. Goes much
more mystical than "Anathem," however. A bit of a page-turner.
I read "Escapement" a few months ago. It was at the local branch
library. I've looked for "Mainspring" at the main library when I've
been downtown, so far without success.
"Anathem" struck me as somewhat desperate in its invention of
language, but it all made sense in the end. I'm not sure the book
deserved to be so long, but on the other hand, I was never
particularly tempted to give up on it. Stephenson knows how to keep
the suspense up.
Now my mind is going blank as I try to remember what else I've read
lately... Well, it'll come to me and I'll post again.
Nick
Me, too.
. . . ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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