Tag: technology
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Slow River by Nicola Griffith
After a dud attempt with John Darnielle’s newest (sadly), and waaaaaay too much reading on the internet, I figured the best way to break my reading slump was with a tried and true favorite. Nicola Griffith is currently touring for her newest book in the Hild sequence, and I just read Spear, so why not…
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In the Act by Rachel Ingalls
This was quite fun! From the publisher, New Directions: In the Act begins: “As long as Helen was attending her adult education classes twice a week, everything worked out fine: Edgar could have a completely quiet house for his work, or his thinking, or whatever it was.” In Rachel Ingalls’s blissfully deranged novella, the “whatever it…
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Fantasy interlude
These both really hit the spot. Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde to get killed. “A stylish tale [that] addresses both fantasy gaming and censorship.” (New York Times Book Review) From Edgar Award–winning author Vivian Vande Velde comes a rollicking story that puts a high-tech twist on the classic medieval fantasy-adventure. In the virtual reality…
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Just Finished: LaserWriter 2
This was a quick read from Libby. I liked parts of it a whole lot — the personal history of computing in the 90s and 2000s was great. Thoughtful, sweet, with a persistent sense of the optimism and creativity in tech at the time. I couldn’t wrap my head around the vignettes featuring sentient? Computer?…
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A Trip to the Bookstore
I took a trip to a local bookstore a few miles north. It’s got a pretty great fiction section with lots of indie press books. Not the weird tiny presses, but lots of Fitzcarraldo, New Directions, Red Hen, Wakefield… etc. After some serious thought, I got the following: Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko…
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Currently Reading: Klara and the Sun
I’ve never successfully gotten into a Kazuo Ishiguro novel. So far I’m 82 pages into this one and liking it alright. It’s a straightforward book and easy to rush through. We will see.
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Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan
I picked this one up at the library recently. The plot reminded me of Elvia Wilk’s Oval, which admittedly I carried around for months (even took on trips) before realizing I wasn’t even cracking it open. It’s still on my bookcase right next to the desk, waiting to be read. One of those things that’s…