In town to visit jake... see him more now than i did but talk to him about the same, dont figure that'll hold up that way forever seeing as i'm so often off to the far reaches (though, not - it seems - to Hong Kong to work for this latest prospect...) so it's fun. Tried to go to Chuys - but it was overly full... tried to go to Polovos but it was as well... tried to go to Home Slice but there's some old car thing on congress that had the streets packed... ended up at El Arroyo which was a lot better than i remember it being. Things must be greasy in the kitchen - so i'm guessing its time for the semi-annual 'oh look El Arroyo is burning down again' event. Still a lot of wasted money going into restaurants in this town... people are out and about and burning money like it was 98... man is that gonna hurt when the rubber hits the road.
About Me
- GreatGoblin
- Bastrop, Texas, United States
- still in Texas - though that'll likely change soon enough...
Bakemonogatari
Halting StateCharles Stross Seriously twisted mix of high-finance, MMORPGs, and information security all wrapped in a classic spy/crime story. |
GlasshouseCharles Stross I love this guy's ideas. Mindwiped identity bending futurescape with a pointed take on modern times. This one's way up the recommended list. |
Iron SunriseCharles Stross Sequel to Singularity Sky - more great hard-sf from one of the absolute best in the genre. Love it. |
Pattern RecognitionWilliam Gibson Not his strongest work - a modern fiction piece with some interesting ideas but it feels disjointed somehow. |
StarfishPeter Watts Oh look, he's reading more dark hardsf... big surprise. This one brings strong psychotic-biochemistry-fu. Bring your brain |
Little BrotherCory Doctorow A modern 1984 for teens... good layman tech and a great take on the idiocy of the war on terra |
AccelerandoCharles Stross Chunky short-story format that blazes with ideas and pace. Great book. |
Singularity SkyCharles Stross Interesting SF space opera... an ideas book the way old Niven was in that the plot isnt really that important. |
The Sunrise LandsSM Stirling The 4th in a line of Silly post-apocalyptic alternate history with a goofy premise taken too far... but fun to read. |
BlindsightPeter Watts Rough and dark, but it grows on you... like a tumor. Post-gibson cyberpunk noire, the gripping hand in reverse - only really really really creepy. Dont plan on sleeping well after this one. |
The Android's DreamJohn Scalzi Pratchett/Adams as hard SF - with all the humor of both. I loved the concept of the AI - bout time someone decided to attack the Wintermute conundrum backwards. |
ThirteenRichard Morgan Not Kovacs, but interesting all the same. Dystopian take on the American political schism and where it heads - taking some old Dick ideas much further down the road. |
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