Blindsight by Peter Watts My rating: 5 of 5 stars Smart, technical, mind blowing. I’ve always been a fan of first contact stories(Contact, Mote in God’s Eye). This one has a much different approach and quite a unique spin. It starts out a bit tough to read, but this is hard SciFi after all. I [...]
If you read “A Song of Ice and Fire” then you will appreciate this. http://www.georgerrmartin.com/fans/fans111.html
Just finished reading confessor. A great ending to a great series. While looking online for some quotes from the book, I came across the site for the TV show that will be starting this fall. There is a trailer and it looks fairly decent for a WB type show. http://www.legendoftheseeker.com/ The quote I was [...]
Wanted to keep this list handy, there are a ton on the list that I always wanted to read. 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library | The Art of Manliness
Was reading a post about being your own butcher on the consumerist (way better than Freeganism) and stumbled across this article about being thrifty in the post apocalyptic US. Few minutes later in the lunchroom saw the “No Country For Old Men” DVD and realized it was the same author. Cool, did a search and [...]
I read this book a few years back and decieded to check out the film adaptation. Suprisingly, the film version is very close to the novel and is quite fun to watch. This movie would never be made today and would not be able to hold the typical movie goer audience. It [...]
I heard about The Sword and Laser book club on the TWiT podcast and thought it would be cool to join up. The next book in the list is Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I am hoping to get through my current read in time. If you haven’t read Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained, [...]
