Voder-Vocoder

I posted this two months ago. I had assumed that everyone had read it, but most people either didn’t read it or didn’t take it seriously.

I am leaving town on July 3. (On the 2nd, I will be in Miwaukee for the NIN concert!) I will need help loading my things into the trailer on Saturday, July 1. The worst thing is probably going to be the hide-a-bed couch, which weighs a ton, and the filing cabinet.

On second thought, I’m not taking a $15 filing cabinet 1450 miles.

I’m awake. The neighbors have stopped playing OK Computer through the wall. And I just finished Robert Charles Wilson’s Chronoliths.

The Plot is similar to Spin. Un-understandable cosmic event effects the life of Johnny Everyman, along with the rest of the planet. Eventually, decades later, we find out what the hell happened. Character developnent ensues.

What intersts me is that The Chronoliths plugs directly into this century’s zeitgeist, even though it was published in August 2001.

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I am a little worried that the two of RCW’s books I’ve read have similar plots and themes. But then again, most authors do that.

Books I read in the last month or so.

Vernor Vinge. A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge. A Deepness in the Sky
Vernor Vinge. The Peace War
Vernor Vinge. “The Cookie Monster” ++ (read for free! 19617 words, 120 kB)
Vernor Vinge. “True Names”
Vernor Vinge. “Bookworm, Run!”
Vernor Vinge. “Fast Times at Fairmont High”
Robert Charles Wilson. Spin ++
Ken MacLeod. Learning the World
Charles Stross. Accelerando ++ (read for free! 145713 words, 856 kB)
Charles Stross. Singularity Sky
Charles Stross. Iron Sunrise
John Scalzi. Old Man’s War
John Scalzi. Agent to the Stars ++ (read for free! 97239 words, 532 kB)
Arthur C. Clarke. Rendezvous with Rama
Gordon R. Dickson. Way of the Pilgram
Charles Matthews. Teach Yourself Go
Janice Kim. Learn to Play Go, Volume I

“++” denotes that you should go read this one immediately.

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The queue:

Dan Simmons. Olympos
David Brin. Kiln People
Robert Charles Wilson. The Chronoliths
John Scalzi. The Ghost Brigades