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Just finished rereading The End of Eternity
Which was very good and wanted me to read more timetravel/parallel worlds/timewars science fiction. I already got The Big Time lined up, but what to read after that? Some Laumer perhaps? Anybody got any good suggestions? -
Help Steve Brust out
You may know Steve Brust as a writer of very good fantasy books, like Yendi, Teckla and Taltos. Well, he got in a spot of medical bother a while back and because he lives in a backward and barbaric nation, he's now on the edge of bankruptcy due to his hospital bills.
If you enjoyed his books and would like to help him out, sent him some money. -
wheee! No hangover
Which is impressive, considering last night was the first time in yonks that I went for a night of heavy drinking. The 30th annual Bokbier festival was on (organised by the Dutch equivalent of Camra). Feorag and akicif were in town for it, so we met up. Sampled some of the "bokken" at the festival before moving on from its very crowded premisses to the ( Read more... ) -
Ask a stupid question: can you lose weight drinking cold water?
So a co-worker remarked that drinking cold water made you lose weight, as you burned calories heating it up to body temperature when you drink it. Myself, I said I couldn't see it, as just the normal loss of heat in your mouth and elsewhere will heat it up anyway. Does anybody got any idea either way ( Read more... ) -
Read and Reviewed #2
Flashman on the March
George MacDonald Fraser
317 pages including notes
published in 2005
Yeah Flashman! Latest of the old bully and coward's adventures, fun as always. Proper review.
Gate of Ivrel
C. J. Cherryh
191 pages
published in 1976
First novel of one of my favourite authors. Fun to see certain of her obsessions already in full flow ( Read more... ) -
Comics Brittannia
Tomorrow, BBC4 (the Beeb's intellectual digital channel) is starting a season of Comics Brittannica, tracing the history of comics in Britain, to coincide with the seventieth birtday of the Dandy.
The website promises a lot of treats, including interviews with Alan Moore and Leo Baxtendale, as well as Jonathan Ross in ( Read more... ) -
Gharlane of Eddore not noticable?
It's that time again. Some editor on Wikipedia is on a tear again, this time against non-noticable Usenet personalities. The editor in question is of course clueless about Usenet, or they wouldn't have nominated Gharlane of Eddore. -
Read and Reviewed
Looking for Jake and Other Stories
China Miéville
303 pages
published in 2005
First short story collection by Miéville, much horror and/or "weird fiction". Interesting, fun, but not an essential collection. I liked it and read it in an afternoon, but it's a far cry from his novels. Proper review.
Blair's Wars ( Read more... )
