Monthly Archives: May 2004

Wilson’s The Chronoliths was my favorite of last year’s Hugo nominees. This is likewise a very good book, one which allowed me to think I had it figured out several times and then surprised me at the end. Quite nifty. … Continue reading →

A rain of telephones falls from the sky; they demand entertainment in exchange for granting wishes. Singularity Sky is an examination of how this event affects an anti-tech civilization, as wishes transform the nature of a planet, and the planet’s … Continue reading →

I checked this out last year, actually, and could never get it started. (Actually, I could never start The Years of Rice and Salt either. Maybe I should give that another shot as well.) This time I just fell in … Continue reading →

For the last few years I’ve tried to read the Hugo nominee novels after they’ve been announced. Well, they’re all coming, except for Dan Simmons’ Ilium, which I bounced off of real recently and have no urge to try again. … Continue reading →

Every once in a while, I worry about what I’m going to say about a book here, and then I remember that these aren’t reviews, and I don’t really have to say much of anything if I don’t want to. … Continue reading →

A book about punctuation? Yes. A short, witty and caustically funny book, all about punctuation. Did I enjoy it? Oh, yes; more than I can really say. Has it made me paranoid about my own punctuation? You betcha. But I … Continue reading →

Whew. Some books you just fall into. Codex is a literary mystery (think Possession or The Name of the Rose) intertwined somehow with an intriguing virtual reality computer game (or, actually, asides to a game). Exciting library raids, lit’rary archaeology, … Continue reading →

I couldn’t help it. I had to. Other books’ due dates, non-extendable, be damn’d. It’s all Dreamcatcher‘s fault. (Well, that plus the fact that Lucky Wander Boy totally failed to catch my interest.) Another long tall ramble about a group … Continue reading →