What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

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Post by rasetsu » Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:09 pm

I never liked Pinker's writing. I've sampled a few of his books and didn't like any of them.

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Post by JimC » Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:35 am

I'm re-reading the Laundry Files series by Charles Stross - weird SF, like a cross between Lovecraft and Len Deighton...
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Post by macdoc » Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:28 am

Interesting parallel ....never did get into Stross thos have read at least one.

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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:36 am

The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, Matt Taibbi
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Post by JimC » Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:39 am

I'm reading a fantasy series by a Melbourne author, Keri Arthur - The Relic Hunters...
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Post by Joe » Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:10 am

Enjoying this.

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Post by pErvinalia » Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:42 am

That would be interesting. I've always had a fascination with the flow of humans throughout the pacific.
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Post by macdoc » Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:57 pm

Finally into the 7th book of 10
REAPER’S GALE
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Svartalf » Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:09 pm

Going thru William Gibson's Count Zero after reading Neuromancer
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:51 pm

Svartalf wrote:Going thru William Gibson's Count Zero after reading Neuromancer
I read those when they came out. Wondering if they've aged well or are horribly dated now?
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Post by Svartalf » Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:25 pm

bit of both.. the principle has aged well, but the presence of telefaxes and the absence of portable phones are kinda dated
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Svartalf » Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:47 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
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Svartalf wrote:Going thru William Gibson's Count Zero after reading Neuromancer
I read those when they came out. Wondering if they've aged well or are horribly dated now?
One thing I find VERY dated, but hadn't noticed at first is : climate is assumed to be normal
More intriguingly, tobacco is still very common
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Brian Peacock » Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:21 pm

I always thought Sterling and Rucker built better worlds, but at the time Gibson's ideas seemed way ahead of the competition. Have you read Frank Miller's Ronin Svarty?

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by macdoc » Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:38 pm

1984 really was ahead of the knowledge of climate change. ( tho Exxon knew ) 1988 was the key date for Hansen.
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I read all of Gibson as they came out and marvelled at the guy ....he didn't even own a computer at the time.....pure speculation.
This world buster was only just released at the SuperBowl and I happened to see it and had never touched a computer either.

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His emphasis on Japan and west coast America was vivid enough that any dated tech was outweighed as he got so much correct.
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