Booklog:
The latest book by Iain M. Banks proudly proclaims itself to be a Culture novel-- part of a loosely connected series of novels and stories about humans living in a vast and utopian galactic civilization-- which makes its opening in...
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Posted on May 6, 2008 8:07 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is the second Takeshi Kovacs novel, sequel to Altered Carbon. Kovacs is a former UN Envoy, a generally amoral individual loaded up with a bunch of sophisticated mental conditioning, and sent out into the world to troubleshoot problem spots...
Posted on March 27, 2008 9:25 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Matthew Hughes's Majestrum is part of a linked series of novels and stories set in a distant future in which the rational rules of logic and science governing our universe are beginning to weaken and give way toa new age...
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Posted on March 27, 2008 8:06 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is the sort of book that has the potential to be really annoying-- a Singularity novel with a viewpoint character who's actually five individuals merged into a group mind. I'm happy to report, though, that Melko deftly avoids all the obvious traps of the scenario.
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Posted on March 26, 2008 8:54 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This isn't
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress with a soundtrack by Queen, it's a rock-band novel whose third act takes place in orbit.
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Posted on March 26, 2008 9:33 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It's been ages since I did a booklog post here. I've been reading lots of stuff, I just haven't been blogging it. I really should do something about the books in the stack by my computer, though, so I'm going...
Posted on March 26, 2008 8:21 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Little Brother is Cory Doctorow's bid for a place on this year's list of banned books. It's a book that not only encourages kids to hack computers, commit vandalism, and thwart law enforcement, it gives them detailed instructions on the...
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Posted on March 2, 2008 9:11 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A highly detailed near-future thriller built around Internet security protocols.
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Posted on November 7, 2007 8:29 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Back in August, somebody from Night Shade Books contacted me and asked if I would like a review copy of the forthcoming book by Nathalie Mallet, The Princes of the Golden Cage. I almost never turn down free books, so...
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Posted on October 28, 2007 10:39 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you're a fan of a team in a sport with a championship playoff, who do you root for when your team is out?
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Posted on October 25, 2007 10:16 AM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I appear not to have booklogged Naomi Novik's earlier books, which is something of an oversight. I think they got lost in the transition between the old booklog, and posting booklog entries here. At any rate, Empire of Ivory is...
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Posted on October 21, 2007 9:48 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Steven Gould's 1992 YA novel Jumper is one of my favorites in the category, a story about an abused teen who discovers that he has the ability to teleport, and how he uses that power to make a better life...
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Posted on September 27, 2007 9:06 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I first encountered Matt Ruff on Usenet, as a poster on rec.arts.sf.written. When I found out he had books published, I picked up Sewer, Gas, and Electric, which was good enough to put him on the buy-immediately list. Of course,...
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Posted on August 12, 2007 11:37 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Kate was out of the house around nine on Saturday morning, which usually only happens if we have a plane to catch, which should tell you the importance Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows had for her. She tore through...
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Posted on July 23, 2007 11:04 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Highly modified humans run up against deeply alien alines in the final Best Novel Hugo nominee of this year's field.
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Posted on July 16, 2007 8:57 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I still have one Hugo nominee to read, but I needed to take a break between Glasshouse and Blindsight, so I rewarded myself with the latest in Steven Erikson's epic Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, Reaper's Gale....
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Posted on July 8, 2007 8:44 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." (anonymous student evaluation comment)
