I just finished up The Many World of Barry Malzberg. It was a short read, but I enjoyed it as I enjoy all of his stuff. Some of it is so dense that I’m not actually sure I understand it. But I enjoy it nontheless. Going to get started in on The Best Of Barry…
I finished The Moon is a Harsh Mistress about 10 minutes ago. It was pretty good–I give it 3-stars–but of all Heinlein’s award winning books that I’ve read, I rate it only above Stranger In a Strange Land. I think that Starship Troopers and Doublestar were both better stories. I also liked Podkayne of Mars…
I’ve only got tomorrow to do a whole list of chores and errands and then I fly to L.A. at 6 AM Sunday morning. So just now, before heading off to bed, I scanned the bookshelves, trying to decide what to take with me to Santa Monica. It’s hard to decide because I can never…
On the train home this evening, I got to thinking about my favorite type of book. I’m not talking about genre: science fiction mystery; or fiction vs. non-fiction. Instead, I’m talking about book binding. To anyone who has ever walked into a bookstore, the most blantant book types you see are hardcover books. Hardcover books…
I finally got out of bed at around 4 PM, which has to be nearly a record for me. I can think of only one other time in the last 10 years that I stayed in bed nearly all day–and that was also when I was very sick, sometime between 1996 and early 1998. I…
I was on the verge of fever dreams last night, and have not felt great since I woke up this morning. I took some Advil and that has helped some, but it’s my throat that is bugging me most of all. Scratchy, and not quite sore, unless I sneeze–in which case it really hurts. I…
I am in the middle of reading Foundation’s Triumph by David Brin. It is the last of the Second Foundation Trilogy and the last of the FOUNDATION series of books to be written. I have re-read all of the other books in the last month or so and now I am into this one. What’s…
I stayed home from work today because I got almost no sleep last night. It was one of those nights where I just tossed and turned and no matter what I tried to do, I couldn’t sleep. The harder I tried, the less it seemed I would sleep. I finally dozed off somewhere around 5:00…
I got the March 2006 issue of F&SF today. I’m so far behind it’s not funny. I’m six months behind on SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, let alone any of the science fiction magazines I get. I always do a quick browse of the contents to see if there are any stories that look immediately interested, or any…
I realized that it was one of those non-stop days today when it glanced at the time and it was 2 PM and I hadn’t even thought about eating lunch yet. I spent the morning hip-deep in code, trying to make something work with SQL triggers that has no business working, and yet I managed…
This has been one of those fragmented weekends where I am trying to do three different things and not doing any of them very well. I’ve been watching episodes of The Sopranos. I’ve seen all of them more than once already, but for some reason, felt the urge to watch them all again. Perhaps because…
Well, the newly revised reading website is done and is finally available online. Most of the functionality is there now, but some will have to wait for next week. This is the second day in a row that I spent more than 12 hours coding to try and get it completed and at this point…