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Books'n'such
Books
34. The Sacrilege (SPQR III) by John Maddox Roberts
35. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
36. Group Theory in the Bedroom by Brian Hayes
37. The Clan Corporate (Merchant Princes 3) by Charles Stross
38. Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou
39. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (list book ( Read more... ) -
Books 19-23
#19-21: Monster (vol. 1-3) by Naoki Urasawa
The first three volumes of an 18-volume manga series, the first eight of which I borrowed from seorin and iris_of_ether after watching a few episodes of the anime made from the manga. The basic story: A Japanese doctor working in Germany, Tenzo Kenma, saves a young boy's life by choosing to operate on him instead of on a ( Read more... ) -
Books #16-18, and Edgeworth
#16: Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Holy crap, more Thursday Next. This is a direct sequel to The Eyre Affair, and from what I can tell it launches us bodily into the meat of the series (or so I'm guessing, not having read them yet). Last year's review of the first book in the series still holds true, but I still have to gush a little. ( Read more... ) -
Books #13-15
I could have sworn there was another one I finished recently, but I can't recall it. I might be wrong.
#13: At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftI suppose it's not so odd these days for a geek to be relatively conversant with the Lovecraft mythos without ever having set eyes on an actual page of text. Regardless, I still find it strange ( Read more... ) -
Books 4-12
Got some catching up to do, both on books and LJ writing in general. Maybe I'll get around to writing about our Olympics trip or my recent curling success sometime soon? Or not. We'll see.
#4: Dante's Inferno by Jill JensenSeveral people - a couple scientists, a reporter, a rabbi, and a black-ops military man - each try to track down the ( Read more... ) -
Books 1-3
Since musicalkipper reminded me... here's the start of this year's book list. I'm going to be less verbose this year....
#1: Carpe Jugulum by Terry PratchettThe witches of Lancre take on the vampires of Uberwald. Seems the king invited them into the country... This book captures well a lot of the tension between the old "vampires as monsters" take and the ( Read more... ) -
Books #78-84
#78: The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
This started me on a pile of steampunk books I've acquired recently. It is the new fashion, after all. The Affinity Bridge follows a special investigator for Queen Victoria, one Mr Newbury, and his new assistant Miss Hobbes as they chase down a mystery surrounding an airship crash ( Read more... ) -
RNG/dice apps
Anyone have a suggestion for a good RNG or dice-rolling app? I don't need fancy graphics or anything, just some solid software. -
Test post.
Typing this on my G1...