In which publishers and sellers alike seem to be on the verge of losing their minds. First off, let me just say that I’ve been reading ebooks since 1994. They’re not new. This whole ebook thing has been coming for a long, long time, and I can’t figure out why the big book publishers can’t […]
In which I had a great time on New Year’s Eve at Pub 21 with the band. Load-in was at 4:30, but I was late because I had to take a paper copy of my resume (and cover letter and references) to WorkSource to apply for a job. WTF? Why wouldn’t they let me email […]
by Oscar Wilde “My dear boy,” said Lord Henry, smiling, “anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. That is the reason why people who live out of town are so absolutely uncivilized. Civilization is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by […]
In which I’ve decided, in an effort to keep my mind from rotting in my head, to read, or in most cases re-read, the following works. This list is incomplete. Shakespeare Sonnets (in progress) Oscar Wilde The Ballad of Reading Gaol (done) The Picture of Dorian Gray (done) The Portrait of Mr. W.H. (done) An […]
I need to learn about new authors in soft and hard sci-fi and in GOOD fantasy – as in clever, interesting worlds, not “magic” for its own sake – and modern fiction and engaging science and, what the hell, good erotica too.
In which I respond here because I’m no longer in college. I’m reading one of the late Philip K. Dick‘s final three works: a wild tour of drugs, insanity, and longing called VALIS. While the characters – so far at least – are so engaging that it’s worth reading, there’s a great deal of vocabulary. […]
In which I use my powers for evil good. You know I’m a whore for the hard sci-fi, right? Totally devour the stuff. By the metric ton. It’s a big part of my free time, the sci-fi is, so I’m gonna talk about it. If you don’t read sci-fi, you can safely skip this whole […]
In which I had no idea what time it was. Yesterday I got my new gadget, my eBookwise ebook reader. It’s so cute! And so far I’m giving it a total thumbs up (although I already have a list of things I want in the next OS update, like: font face changeability, categories, and an […]
In which I make book recommendations. For Varenya, who asked what she could read that might prove to be as engaging as McCaffrey’s dragon books, I recommend Temeraire: In the Service of the King, a yummy trilogy by Naomi Novik, …or one (or all!) of these Robin Hobbs trilogies: the Farseer trilogy, the Tawny Man […]
In which there’s a totally half-assed review of a book I’m still reading! I’m currently reading Alpha Centauri, which came in one of the boxes of books my mom sent. “From a grossly overpopulated Earth in 2239 A.D., an exploratory colonization mission to Alpha Centauri finds Mies Cochrane carrying an autovirus inside him that, after […]
