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The Diamond Age

tgrignon wrote 3 days ago: This has been the first Neal Stephenson novel I finished but it won’t be the last. I tried to … more →

Tags: Miscellany, Science Fiction, Novel, Review

More On Pinker & Gladwell

range wrote 4 days ago: Lloyd explains why Pinker and Gladwell don’t agree, which is partly based upon Gladwell’ … more →

Tags: Asides, Entertainment, politics-social-racism, Books, Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, Social, Steven Pinker, What the Dog Saw

Post #3, Wherein I Pretend I Am Part of QWC's Blog Tour

davekay wrote 1 week ago: The awesome Queensland Writers Centre (did I mention they are awesome) undertook a blog tour recentl … more →

Tags: on writing, Self Indulgent, QWC, The future of the book

Learning mathematics is good for the soul

mirror2image wrote 1 week ago: At The n-Category Café David Corfield is talking about mathematical emotions. This is about ‘emotion … more →

Tags: anathem, Math, Science

It never rains...

matteilar wrote 3 weeks ago: This week has been awful. But at the end of it, I dropped my chemistry class, so maybe the rest of t … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Film Reviews, Comics & Books, Comics, Essex County, Graphic Novels, Jeff Lemire, Ned Rorem, Paris Diary

The Right To Keep And Bear Code2 comments

Tim Stevens wrote 3 weeks ago: Slashdot has been conducting a Q&A between readers and Neal Stephenson. Despite his disappointin … more →

Tags: ubiwar, Code

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

davekay wrote 1 month ago: This book could be considered the fourth book in the Baroque Cycle, although it was actually written … more →

Tags: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Book Review, speculative fiction

October 2009 meeting

byronv2 wrote 1 month ago: Apologies for not updating for so long, mostly due to personal reasons. The group has been continuin … more →

Tags: book, book group, October, 2009, Interface, Science Fiction

Battle Royale!3 comments

karlsrjs wrote 1 month ago: Jake Karlsruher A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…. Neal Stephenson: Who would win in a figh … more →

Tags: Assignments, Raven, star wars, Anakin, George Lucas, battle royale, fight, Mustafar, Haden Christiansen

amanuwhatsthis?

foreigntrains wrote 1 month ago: Hi. This blog is mainly for my amusement (and, just to warn you, I’m easily amused). More spec … more →

Tags: SF, Site Notes

America the Checkerboard

liadangreylady wrote 1 month ago: The LA (and actually the whole world) of Snow Crash is a place where people are separate from each o … more →

Tags: Assignments, america, Gender, Hawaii, Juanita, Race, snow crash, Society, Stereotypes

LOTRO: Not Quite There Yet

theophildentchev wrote 1 month ago: by Theo Dentchev Video games today are the closest thing we have to a commercially available virtual … more →

Tags: Class Related, Weekly Assignment, LOTRO, snow crash, Hiro Protagonist, Lord of the Rings Online, PvE, Metaverse, Virtual Reality

Detail Overload

almeidmd wrote 1 month ago: Matt Almeida Snow Crash and LOTRO both include sword and spear fighting, but the different depiction … more →

Tags: Assignments, LOTRO, snow crash, Hiro

Goddamn Foreigners

henryac wrote 1 month ago: By Aneel Henry “What the @#$% happened to my tires?” The tires square shape looked unnatural in the … more →

Tags: Assignments, racism, Wolrds of Wordcraft, Hick, Foreigner

A Clash of Swords

krs5603 wrote 1 month ago: Combat is a significant part of both the novel Snow Crash and the game Lord of the Rings Online, but … more →

Tags: Assignments, snow crash, Lord of the Rings Online, Combat, SWORDS, fighting, role playing game, Turn Based, Enemies

To Play, Perchance to Battle - Ay There’s the Rub!

aidreeahnuh wrote 1 month ago: Before fully grasping the concepts of the Metaverse in Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, I imagined the … more →

Tags: Assignments, The Matrix, LOTRO, Imagination, snow crash, star wars, Metaverse, Super Mario Bros

China Mieville Going Downhill (in my opinion)

whitleyrr wrote 1 month ago: So, I just finished China Mieville’s much hyped Iron Council.  Ehhh.  He has such good ideas, … more →

Tags: genre fiction, M. Scott Harrison, China Mieville, Steampunk, New Weird, Science Fiction

Book Trailer Shakedown3 comments

Jonathan Danz wrote 2 months ago: I cannot recommend this enough. Book trailers are no longer novel (that pun’s free of charge). … more →

Tags: Reading, book trailers, anathem, Janet Reid

100 Sci Fi women #8: Nell1 comment

godardsletterboxes wrote 2 months ago: There is another list I have been pointed to kindly by Matthew about science fiction by women and pe … more →

Tags: Books, 100 sci fi women, The Diamond Age


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