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 – 10:09 pm
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year 2011 (Fiction): Joan Slonczewski — The Highest Frontier
Joan Slonczewski — The Highest Frontier
October 19, 2011 – 10:07 pm
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year 2011 (Fiction): China Mieville — Un Lun Dun
china miéville – un lun dun
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 — …
September 24, 2011 – 12:44 am
Reading: Chingiz Aitmatov – The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years
I’m not sure when I first heard of Chingiz Aitmatov, but coming from Kyrgyzstan and writing science-fiction, how could I …
September 23, 2011 – 2:37 pm
Why am I reading?
I thought, as I rode away from St George’s, bag heavy with three new arrivals (two expected and one find of …
February 26, 2011 – 6:58 pm
Reading: Hannu Rajaniemi – The Quantum Thief
hannu rajaniemi — the quantum thief
December 18, 2010 – 4:07 am
Reading: Reza Negarestani – Cyclonopedia
reza negarestani – cyclonopedia
October 16, 2010 – 7:30 am
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year (Fiction): China Miéville – Kraken
china miéville – kraken
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 …
October 9, 2010 – 2:11 pm
Reading: Iain M. Banks – Surface Detail
reading: iain m banks – surface detail
September 7, 2010 – 12:18 am
Reading: China Miéville – The City & the City
chine miéville – the city & the city
August 27, 2010 – 3:55 am
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
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 1, 2010 – 10:09 am
reading: charles stross – saturn’s children
charles stross – saturn’s children
March 15, 2010 – 12:38 am
reading: iain m. banks – consider phlebas (second time)
iain m. banks – consider phlebas
November 3, 2009 – 12:58 pm
Reading… a 2nd anniversary
My reading the last year has not been of either the volume, nor the breadth of the previous, in no …
October 16, 2008 – 7:18 pm
Reading… an anniversary
A year ago in the briefest of lines, I began keeping a list of the books I’ve digested… burp. What …
October 14, 2008 – 5:45 pm
reading: iain m banks – feersum endjinn (5th time), the algebraist (2nd time)
iain m banks – the algebraist iain m banks – feersum endjinn
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 12, 2008 – 6:29 pm
chingiz aitmatov
I only recently discovered him, and was looking forward to reading The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, when …
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 …
February 1, 2008 – 9:49 am
reading: william gibson & bruce sterling – the difference engine
william gibson + bruce sterling – the difference engine
January 26, 2008 – 9:21 am
Reading: Charles Stross – The Atrocity Archives
charles stross – the atrocity archives
December 11, 2007 – 1:29 pm
Reading: Charles Stross – Jennifer Morgue
charles stross – the jennifer morgue
November 17, 2007 – 12:12 pm
reading: terry pratchett…
terry pratchett – mort terry pratchett – the colour of magic terry pratchett – equal rites terry pratchett – thief …
October 16, 2007 – 12:24 pm
reading … ?
I used to keep a list of all the books I read, and thought maybe I should do that again …
June 26, 2007 – 1:12 pm
i want more life, fucker!
Bladerunner is about the most influential film for me, I’ve seen in more times than I can recall, usually once …
July 14, 2006 – 5:10 pm
eeeee!!!!! charles stross in melbourne
I’m still waiting to buy Charles Stross’ latest novel, and to fill the interim bought one of Neal Stephenson‘s first …
July 9, 2006 – 10:14 pm
charles stross – glasshouse
Before I lost most of this year to reading Neal Stephenson‘s Baroque Cycle, which I am currently re-reading for various …
February 24, 2006 – 6:35 pm
reading some books
Today was a minor holiday after my 15 hour binge yesterday in DVD Studio Pro and the joy of sorting …
October 2, 2005 – 6:09 am
intellectual property for the people
I’ve been reading about two books a week, and have amassed a large-ish pile during my time in Zürich. I’ve …
April 16, 2005 – 4:27 pm
no longer a line split through time
I’m going to have to rave about how good China Miéville is. Not only is he fantastically good looking in …
April 10, 2005 – 5:48 pm
perdido street station
I’ve just got my laptop back, with a new 80 gig fast drive replacing the slow, small very worn-out old …
January 28, 2005 – 9:56 pm
more chinese sci-fi
Two new Chinese science-fiction magazines have appeared on the market in China. As all the names have ‘fantasy’ and ‘science …
August 22, 2004 – 3:38 pm
chinese sci-fi and fantasy
zhwj 中国幻想文学基地 is the one-stop shop for anything to do with Science-Fiction (科幻 kehuan) and Fantasy (奇幻 qihuan) coming out …
July 24, 2004 – 3:20 pm
chinese sci-fi and fantasy
Having just ripped through all of Iain M. Bank’s Culture books, and run out of stuff to read, I’ve been …