A smattering of opinions on technology, books, business, and culture. Now in its 4th technology iteration.
13 March 2005
* “Light, by M. John Harrison”:amazon. Good science fiction romp – quantum behaviour brought into our everyday lives – very imaginative. * “Fairyland, by Paul J. McAuley”:amazon. A near future story involving the extreme interplay of cypernetics, nanotech, and genetic engineering – quite inventive intermixing of these and their impact on humans and human society. Characters sometimes a little thin – or maybe so transhuman as to be unsympathetic. Deftly handled resolution – didn’t try to answer every question. Of these first two books, I’d read Fairyland. * “Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress”:amazon. Very funny. After reading this, I feel like I have been too grown up my entire life. My favorite line – describing a modern modular wall entertainment center as the “deathstar of furniture”.