For the first 3 hours this morning, I’ve maintained a good pace, getting through 45 pages of Gotham (considering there’s 800 words/page, that’s a pretty good pace), and more importantly, enjoying it immensely. I have now moved well beyond where I originally gave up when I attempted to read the book back in late 2001,…
My plan for today is to do some catching up on reading. I’m a little behind where I’d like to be in Gotham and I plan on making use of today to change that. I’m trying for about 150 pages today, but I’ll be pretty happy if I can get through about 100 pages. I…
Long day today. I had to stay late at work to be in a meeting that demonstrated some software I’ve been working on for a while now. Because of that, and some minor delays on the train this evening, and the fact that I had to stop at the gas station to put gas in…
I ran across the street today to pick up something at the bookstore and it was gorgeous out, so I decided to sit outdoors at Pentagon Row at lunchtime and read. It was beautiful. There were lots of people out and about, kids on field trips, shoppers, you name it. And the sun was bright…
Since Gotham is taking so long to read, the list of books that I’d like to read is building up and so I figured I should get it out of my head and onto (virutal) paper so that I don’t forget. So, over the next couple of months, here’s the list of things I plan…
I went to browse the Dangerous Visions bookstore website today because I hadn’t looked at it in a while, and there is a message indicating that they are holding a contest to change the name of the bookstore, after 25 years of having that name. There is also a note that indicates not to make…
Because of the Vegas trip, I got behind in my reading of Gotham, which I am still enjoying, very much. Originally, I needed to read 34 pages a day to finish the book by March 31. I recalculated this morning and now have to up the pace to 40 pages per day in order to…
I was notified by Amazon this morning that a book that I have been waiting for quite a while (The Crucible of Power: The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Five is due to be released soon. I already have the first four volumes. Jack Williamson, for those that don’t know, is a science fiction…
Last night, before dozing off, I was scanning blogs and came across an interesting looking reading list of books. It had a domain name of something like bestmustreadbooksever.com or something like that. I made a mental note to remember it because I wanted to compare it to my own list to see how many of…
So far, I’ve spent almost the entire day reading Gotham. What a great book. I’m not 102 pages into it and I really like it. No wonder it won the Pulitzer. What a rich and detailed history. I’m really enjoying it and have stopped only to come up for a bit of air. I’ll probably…
Most of the chores I set out to do today are done. The house is cleaned. I finally managed to get a decent haircut. I even went out and bought a new floor rug for the living room, which is something I’d been meaning to do for a while now. Now I get to spent…
I didn’t get any writing done today, but I did get started on Gotham, which is as good as I remember it on the first try. I do plan on writing this weekend, finishing up the first draft of “The Graveyard Shift”. I also plan on reading Bill Shunn’s novella “Incliniation” in the April/May Asimov’s.…