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    Reasons I Am Excited About Anathem Before Reading It

    Published September 10th, 2008

    So I just bought Anathem today. I can’t wait to read it, here’s some reasons why:

    Hooray, Neal Stephenson!
    Short - under 1000 pages! (If you read Baroque Cycle, you’ll realize I’m not kidding)
    It has an analemma on the cover!
    It’s not set in the past.
    It sounds a little like A Canticle for Leibowitz - a classic story.

    More […]

    32 Sci-Fi Novels I Should Read

    Published July 2nd, 2008

    At least, according to a list I came across today. It’s not the worst list in the world - but of course I do have a couple complaints.
    1) Foundation (Foundation Novels) - Isaac Asimov
    Haven’t read it. Heard of it of course. Is on my “read before I die” list. That’s a long list - way […]

    Book Review: Glasshouse

    Published June 11th, 2008

    Read the review here.

    Finally, We Get to See Smaug!

    Published December 18th, 2007

    Finally, the feud between Peter Jackson and MGM over The Hobbit has been solved. Jackson will be the executive producing the two Hobbit movies (thank god for 2 - fewer story cuts!) which will be filmed simultaneously. I’d prefer Jackson direct, for continuity, but this will have to do. I just hope they pick a […]

    Top 50 Dystopian Movies Meme

    Published September 29th, 2007

    Via SFSignal. As usual, bold the ones you’ve seen.

    Metropolis (1927)
    A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    Brazil (1985)
    Wings of Desire (1987)
    Blade Runner (1982)
    Children of Men (2006)
    The Matrix (1999)
    Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
    Minority Report (2002)
    Delicatessen (1991)
    Sleeper (1973)
    The Trial (1962)
    Alphaville (1965)
    Twelve Monkeys (1995)
    Serenity (2005)
    Pleasantville (1998)
    Ghost in the Shell (1995)
    Battle Royale (2000)
    RoboCop (1987)
    Akira (1988)
    The City of Lost Children (1995)
    Planet of […]

    The Book Meme

    Published September 11th, 2007

    From Book-A-Rama:

    Here are the rules.
    Go to the advanced book search on Amazon, type your first name into the Title field, and post the most interesting/amusing cover that shows up.

    Book Review: Thirteen

    Published July 27th, 2007

    You can read it here.

    Quick Hits for Wednesday

    Published June 27th, 2007

    Just some minor thoughts I guess:

    CNN recently covered “The Secret” - they got some skeptics opinions, and they make a whole lot of sense.  Cancer survivors? Sexual assault victims? Holocaust prisoners? It’s your fault - your negative thoughts attracted bad things!
    Yahoo finally does something to get a bit of a leg-up on google. They’ve integrated […]

    Thanks for all the fish, Douglas

    Published May 24th, 2007

    Tomorrow is Towel Day. Do the right thing, people.

    A Meme

    Published May 22nd, 2007

    Original thought appears to be lacking today, so lets go with a meme! First found at The Library Diva.
    A book that made you cry: The first book I can remember making me cry was Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls. You don’t cry from that book, you don’t have a soul.
    A book that scared […]

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