Thoughts, and more thoughts.

I just finished up Agyar, by Steven Brust. This was a nice piece of modern day Gothic horror. Our hero, Jack Agyar, is gradually revealed as the monster. Through a combination of elision and selective narration, the details are only revealed slowly through the story. Within the story, the narrative is being written by Jack…

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…

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.

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>

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

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…

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…

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…

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