Damon's comments (member since Jun 05, 2009)

Damon's comments from the SciFi and Fantasy Book Club group.

"Also, it never made sense to me how Pham became in charge on the ship" mostly due the the strength of his character and more importantly the godshatter, he was a transcendent being stuff ina human body.

THe Tines have got to be one of the best realized aliens I've read. The biological counterpoint point to the (then) emerging abilities of parallel computing was way way ahead of its time. Vinge did a great job of ratcheting up and down the tension throughout the book. Characters were moderately well written and kept true to their personalities.

Though great this book isn't nearly as awesome as his newer work Rainbow Sky.

One night when it was really cold I burned these books for warmth. They toasted a tasty marshmallow. Sorry for the light flaming.

karl schroeder has a decent blog, so does Charles Stross, And Bruce Strelings Beyond the Beyond is always good for scifi on the ground...right now!

I just gave away or sold about 2000 books. Those are the books I've retained since two(separate) house fire destroyed previous collections.

I spent some time torrenting to recover copies of previously read books. Ebooks are great and you can read em on your ipod in the dark!

Read
House of Suns- Alastair Reynolds- no one write hard sf like an astronomer
The Road- Cormac McCarthy- apocalype with a strong thread of hope
THe Books of Virga- Karl Schroeder- These books are amazing. Perfect World building. THese books will be a movie/series

I enjoyed the Gene Wolfe books but feel kind of dreary after reading them.
I wish i could list all the books I've read just this year!

- Caryatids by Bruce Sterling, Distraction by Bruce Sterling, Tomorrow Now by Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix PLus by Bruce Sterling
- Singularity Sky by Charles Stross, Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross, Halting State by Charles Stross
- Ventus b y Karl Schroeder, Sun of suns b y Karl Schroeder, Queen of Candensceb y Karl Schroeder, Pirate Sun b y Karl Schroede