Thanks for the heads-up on "Sly Mongoose." I will add it to my queue. I
thoroughly enjoyed "Ragamuffin." Wish a black person had written it (one
prolly did but, unlike Mr. Buckell, could not get it published) but beggars
like me ("were born to run!" no, wait, uh...) can't be choosers.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "B Smith" <daikaij...@...> wrote:
>
>
> I'm reading the third book in Tobias Buckell's Ragamuffin series, Sly
> Mongoose. The series is a great space opera with the main characters
> hailing from colonies settled by Caribbean folk and Aztecs
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Sly-Mongoose-Tobias-S-Buckell/dp/0765319209
> <http://www.amazon.com/Sly-Mongoose-Tobias-S-Buckell/dp/0765319209>
>
> This book deals with the fallout from overthrowing the series big bads
> and finding out they were a control mechanism set in place by an older
> and even more enigmatic race. They see uncontrolled sentience as
> dangerous and since humanity has thrown off that leash they take steps
> to end it.
>
> So far we've got scorched planets, space battles and did I mention the
> zombies? It's a hell of a ride.
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer <clockworkman@>
> wrote:
> >
> > *Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy* by
> > Lawrence Lessig <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig>
> >
> >
> > [image: File:Lessig
> >
> remix.jpg]<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Lessig_remix.jp\
> g>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am reading "Queen City Jazz" by Kathleen Ann Goonan and thoroughly
> > > enjoying her post apocalyptic novel. It is eerily precognitive about
> the
> > > incipient dangers of giving too much of our lives over to "smart"
> tech.
> > >
> > > ~rave!
> > >
> > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal
> > > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > READ MY BLOG
> > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com
> > STRING THEORY
> > http://stringtheory.podbean.com
> >
>
