Reasons I Am Excited About Anathem Before Reading It

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.

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32 Sci-Fi Novels I Should Read

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

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Top 50 Dystopian Movies Meme

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)
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Book Review: Thirteen

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Thanks for all the fish, Douglas

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

Review: Accelerando

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Sneaky, Sneaky

Look, I really, didn’t even want to comment on this hateful wretch of a human being. I won’t even type her name here - her name doesn’t deserve to be in “print” - she’s the worst kind of publicity whore. Yet the Republican party continues to allow her to speak for them by not denouncing […]

Review: Infoquake

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