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While "Neuropath" isn't n...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 11:55:39 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 13:09:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 8 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:12:07 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 18:16:34 -0800 2009
I was just nibbling away at my nails, and stopped to wonder why. I suppose, as addictions go, it's unbecoming but minimally destructive. But what the fuck, brain? I am a reasonably smart man of 42, and when I catch some colleague staring at me as I gnaw in public with a ner...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 17:40:02 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:16:08 -0800 2009 Blindsight instead.

Psychology professor is drawn into the FBI pursuit of his best friend, the sociopath who tortures through neurosurgery. It's a thriller about the implications of the brain as a physical substrate, how love for one's offspring, friendship, ...more...]]> 3 1 true false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 11:59:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 11:38:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 03:48:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 13:32:28 -0700 2009
So far it seems to be a SF/thriller exploring some of the concepts of "The darkness that comes before" in greater detail. Heavy on the "lectures" but very fascinating subject matter (if the science of consciousness interests you at all)

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expecting a general thriller with a splash of psych for flavour, I was pleasently surprised by the twists and turns that - from time to time - left me with philosophical musings or existential questions of my own...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 16:17:59 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 21:02:48 -0700 2008
Bakker covers similar philosophical territory as another favourite book of mine (see below), but in a thriller that wears its Big Idea on its sleeve rather than in a more conventional SF framework that builds up to the big epiphany.

Since I...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 08:43:27 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 08:46:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 14 22:39:44 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 16 07:45:09 -0700 2009 I rarely read thrillers and generally the only reason I enjoy them is if the main protagonists are interesting - the action orientation of thrillers usually just bores me badly - Neuropath fails badly on the protagonist front with a dumb hero and a smart-a** villain and I kept hoping the main...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 08:32:50 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 08:32:50 -0800 2009 http://nethspace.blogspot.com/2008/06/ne...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 22 05:43:45 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 05:44:23 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 08 05:44:53 -0800 2009 Sat Aug 15 11:47:15 -0700 2009
But Scott Bakker made quite an impression on me with his Prince of Nothing series that I wanted to give this book a go and I wasn't ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 24 14:09:08 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 15:05:02 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 14:09:08 -0700 2008 It certainly doesn't go to my "couldn't put it down" category.

And I was/am such a fan of the Prince of Nothing... I'm sure I've re-read them - especially the Warrior Prophet, at least 5 times.

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a highly recommended read f...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 11:15:42 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 11:18:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 17:59:10 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:20:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:26:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 10:56:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 01 15:25:37 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 15:25:37 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3170310