Reading update
Mar. 26th, 2007 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
handsliveI think I like the summary format better, but it does mean setting a regular time to update. So far, I'm sucking on that part. Here's hoping I didn't miss anything.
Blindsight is probably my favourite hard-sf book now. An absolutely fascinating read. I'm enjoying the Rifters series, but I doubt it's going to alter my opinion. I used to rave about Alastair Reynolds and I still do, but this guy has (no lie) changed the way I look at the world. Maelstrom was very good. Although some of the description of software was a little "huh?", I think he nailed some concepts very well. What I really liked was that he had a description of a bio-authentication mechanism that sounded workable and then described a serious security flaw with it.
Banner of Souls was a lot of fun. I really like Liz William's stuff.
The Two Minute Rule and The Forgotten Man were accidental finds at Chapters while I was just browsing. Robert Crais is still one of my favourites for short, light, guilty reading.
The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant is the book club book.
[Update]: I forgot about this one:
Monster Island - David Wellington
Reading this book was both something I'd been planning to do anyway and also an experiment in reading on the new PDA/cellphone. Works like a charm, by the way. The book wasn't too shabby either.
- Blindsight - Peter Watts
- Banner of Souls - Liz Williams
- Maelstrom - Peter Watts
- The Two Minute Rule - Robert Crais
- The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant - Michael Tremblay
- The Forgotten Man - Robert Crais
Blindsight is probably my favourite hard-sf book now. An absolutely fascinating read. I'm enjoying the Rifters series, but I doubt it's going to alter my opinion. I used to rave about Alastair Reynolds and I still do, but this guy has (no lie) changed the way I look at the world. Maelstrom was very good. Although some of the description of software was a little "huh?", I think he nailed some concepts very well. What I really liked was that he had a description of a bio-authentication mechanism that sounded workable and then described a serious security flaw with it.
Banner of Souls was a lot of fun. I really like Liz William's stuff.
The Two Minute Rule and The Forgotten Man were accidental finds at Chapters while I was just browsing. Robert Crais is still one of my favourites for short, light, guilty reading.
The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant is the book club book.
[Update]: I forgot about this one:
Monster Island - David Wellington
Reading this book was both something I'd been planning to do anyway and also an experiment in reading on the new PDA/cellphone. Works like a charm, by the way. The book wasn't too shabby either.
