Sunday, August 9, 2015

Train of thought on the internet

Glimpsing Atlas Shrugged on a redditor's bookshelf in a decluttering post. Looking up the book summary, knowing that it's libertarian (or Objectivist? Whatever) but not much else, and it feels really familiar.
Like, really familiar.
Remembering this old Sword of Truth series I read. Turns out, the plots are scary similar over the long run, and people know this. It's neat to learn things you didn't really think about before.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Geeky flash read: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

I can't not read a palindrome-titled book by an author I follow.

Apocalypse and distant descendants. Some good fun what-ifs, which is all I need in sci-fi. I could have done with more exciting space travel time, but that's an addiction I have.

The level of scientific goodness was fairly high. The plot moved a bit quickly when narrowing things down towards the end of the "modern" era after dragging the apocalypse out.

If you're a slow reader, wait until you can renew your checkout at the library, this book is hefty. But a fun read.

What I'm reading (online)

Some of the many places I regularly read from these days:
I'm enjoying  aggregator blog sites that take the best of what's around and post it for me. This seems like a sound way to get people clicking through your site. Geek feminism does it regularly, and rockstar finance exists only to aggregate other content from what I can tell.

Of course, there are probably quite a few that aren't any good at all :)

What else should I read?



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