The second of the three I acquired of Joan Slonczewski last Friday, Daughter of Elysium follows on from A Door into …
February 6, 2012 – 8:12 pm
Reading: Joan Slonczewski – A Door into Ocean
A special arrival on Friday: three books of Joan Slonczewski, who is now on my Illustrious List of Science Fiction …
December 30, 2011 – 6:49 pm
Reading: Joan Slonszewski – Brain Plague
I’ve already finished it. Joan Slonczewski I discovered through Charles Stross, when she guest-blogged there, and her The Highest Frontier was my …
November 27, 2011 – 10:42 am
Reading (2nd Time): Charles Stross — Rule 34
The first time I read Charles Stross’ Rule 34, I wasn’t writing about why I read certain books. So, taking …
October 19, 2011 – 10:00 pm
Reading … a 4th anniversary
Another year of books. Not as many as last year; I took a pause for some time, unable to find …
October 15, 2011 – 2:22 pm
Reading: Joan Slonczewski — The highest Frontier
A new author for me. I heard of Joan Slonczewski for the first time only a couple of weeks ago when …
October 7, 2011 – 4:47 pm
Reading: Neal Stephenson — Reamde
There are five science-fiction writers — though this is a loose term, and none write in this genre exclusively — …
February 26, 2011 – 6:58 pm
Reading: Hannu Rajaniemi – The Quantum Thief
hannu rajaniemi — the quantum thief
October 16, 2010 – 4:35 am
Reading… a 3rd anniversary
Regarding the two-score books of the last year, it is surprising which of the non-fiction – a term I use …
August 27, 2010 – 3:55 am
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
July 18, 2010 – 11:58 am
Reading: Charles Stross – The Fuller Memorandum
charles stross – the fuller memorandum
June 17, 2010 – 3:57 pm
reading: charles stross – the revolution business
charles stross – the revolution business
June 16, 2010 – 3:56 pm
reading: charles stross – the merchants’ war
charles stross – the merchants’ war
May 30, 2010 – 1:41 pm
reading: charles stross – the clan corporate
charles stross – the clan corporate
May 26, 2010 – 1:37 pm
reading: charles stross – the hidden family
charles stross – the hidden family
May 16, 2010 – 4:04 am
reading: charles stross – the family trade
reading: charles stross – the family trade
May 11, 2010 – 12:54 pm
bechdel’s law
A couple of days ago I was reading Thus Spake Zuska, one of the many science blogs I consume most …
May 1, 2010 – 10:09 am
reading: charles stross – saturn’s children
charles stross – saturn’s children
April 12, 2009 – 5:20 am
a book is living
My sofa has a variously shaded crocheted lilac blanket I like to lie on, or curl up under, wrap around …
September 7, 2008 – 12:08 am
reading: books from zürich…
Lacking new reading, and I am suffering, I have been opening my suitcase of books from my life in Zürich …
August 1, 2008 – 9:49 pm
books… forgotten… found
I left many things when I departed from Zürich. And Guangzhou, and Taipei, and… Things come together again. All my …
June 8, 2008 – 4:37 pm
Reading: again… some for the fifth time…
Suffering from a paucity of new books the last two weeks, and packing mine all away in preparation for inevitable …
January 26, 2008 – 9:21 am
Reading: Charles Stross – The Atrocity Archives
charles stross – the atrocity archives
December 30, 2007 – 11:06 am
Reading: Iain Banks – The Business (4th time)
iain banks – the business
December 11, 2007 – 1:29 pm
Reading: Charles Stross – Jennifer Morgue
charles stross – the jennifer morgue