Just opposite my office building M.R. Book Stall have set up one of their monthly marathon sales. About twice every day (ok, not so often these days) I go and stand and look out of the darkened glass wall of my office. BOOK SALE. It says in huge red letters. Let me describe this marathon [...]
The Arrival (1996) is a fast paced alien invasion movie.It does not have presidents preaching patriotic feelgood early in the morning, no laser beams causing widespread mayhem, no tentacled monsters.It does have conspiracy, complete with men in black (actually gray overalls), black speakers going bdddrrrrrp in an observatory, huge radio antenna arrays, a geeky astronomer [...]
A brand new copy of The Algebraist – Iain M Banks – I was seduced by reading the back cover blurb.The Third Culture – John BrockmanThe Shockwave Rider – John Brunner (at last! and just 20 bucks! AND hardcover! at the Sunday Book Market at Abids – where else?). Update – 06 Jul 2007 – [...]