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Monthly Archives: September 2004

Linux and APM and ACPI and my Thinkpad and …

My primary computer is my IBM T20 thinkpad, running Debian unstable. It’s hooked up to the rest of my home network through a wireless connection. Last week, every thing went south. First, because my wife has been having a lot of trouble getting a good connection to the wireless network from her computer, I upgraded […]

Posted bysdowneySeptember 30, 2004Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Linux and APM and ACPI and my Thinkpad and …

TBR: Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

I’d blown my budget when this was out in hardcover, so I bought it as soon as it was out in trade. I’m hoping this is as good as Snowcrash.

Posted bysdowneySeptember 28, 2004Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on TBR: Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

TBR: Darwin’s Children

Sequel to Greg Bear’s Darwin’s Radio. Waiting for me to be in a softer, less belicose mood, to read. <map><area><area></map><img>

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TBR: The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber

Another Hugo award winner (1965) I never got to before.

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TBR: To Die in Italbar by Roger Zelazny

Zelazny near the height of his power, before Amber took over. OK, I liked the first few, and they were nearly as good as, “This Immortal”, or “Creatures of Light and Darkness”, but not nearly as good as “Lord of Light” or his shorter works, collected, in “The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of […]

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TBR: Dark Ladies by Fritz Leiber

This is a two in one. “Conjure Wife” and “Our Lady of Darkness”. I know I’ve got Conjure Wife somewhere, in an old edition, but I don’t have any chance of getting Our Lady of Darkness. I’ve liked pretty much everything he’s written, so I picked this one up, also. This is pretty far away […]

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TBR: Agyar by Steven Brust

Steven Brust is one my favorite authors that I’ve started reading recently. That’s a mixed blessing for me. It means I’ve got a backlist to read, but I wish I’d had him to read during some dry spells. This one is from his back list. Read the first few pages at the bookstore, but only […]

Posted bysdowneySeptember 28, 2004Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on TBR: Agyar by Steven Brust

TBR: Excession by Iain M. Banks

Bought this one at the same time as Inversions. Look to Windward impressed me.

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TBR: Inversions by Iain M. Banks

My boss loaned me Look to Windward, and told me I had to read it. He was right, and as soon as I found some other of Ian M. Banks’s books, I bought them. He also reminded me that Iain Banks is the same person, but not the same author. That author writes “real literature”, […]

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TBR: Fortress of Grey Ice by J.V. Jones

Sequel to A Cavern of Black Ice. J.V.Jones last few outings have been excellent, and I’m looking to pick up where we left off with this series. Although, I’ll admit, not quite enough to go dig up the last and reread it first. But enough to buy it the first time I spotted it in […]

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