John Williams wrote:
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
It could be that The Atrocity Archives is best
appreciated if you know a lot of theoretical computer
science, so I'll withhold comment.
Did Stross come from a CS background? When you say theoretical
computer science, do you mean
Doug said:
About sixty thousand pages of history, I'd estimate. Not nearly
enough, anyway.
Well that sounds like a hell of a lot to me. I've read a bit of
American
history, especially the Civil War, but I don't have the kind of
command of
the facts that you do on what you've studied
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Euan Ritchie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Speaking of enjoyable SF, the best I've read recently is The Ghost
Brigades by John Scalzi.
I liked Old Mans War (to which it is a sequel) but The Ghost Brigades is
a startlingly good follow up into a differnet league.
I
Doug said:
But you must have read thousands of pages of history!
About sixty thousand pages of history, I'd estimate. Not nearly
enough, anyway.
But the problem is the opportunity cost of reading the Baroque Cycle.
In that number of pages I could get through, for example, the whole
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:55 PM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
post-cyberpunk world before writing Cryptonomicom, a sort of Slashdot
version of the 20th Century. Anathem is what Cryptonomicom would be if
it covered the whole of Western civilisaton from Plato onwards.
For someone
John Williams wrote:
Max Battcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Um... that's the plot of the book. She's a sexbot designed for having sex
with humans but there aren't any humans left to have sex with...
Now I'm wondering what happened to all the humans. I'll definitely
have to check it out now.
Martin Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I liked it:
http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2008/09/anathem_by_neal.shtml
Interesting review. I must admit this comparison would have never occurred to
me:
In fact, with its longeurs and constant debate, it occasionally resembles an
unholy hybrid of
John Williams wrote:
Um... that's the plot of the book. She's a sexbot designed
for having sex with humans but there aren't any humans left
to have sex with...
Now I'm wondering what happened to all the humans. I'll definitely
have to check it out now.
Since I didn't read it, I don't
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
John Williams wrote:
Um... that's the plot of the book. She's a sexbot designed
for having sex with humans but there aren't any humans left
to have sex with...
Now I'm wondering what happened to all the humans. I'll definitely
have to check it out now.
Since I
Rich wrote:
Doug said:
But you must have read thousands of pages of history!
About sixty thousand pages of history, I'd estimate. Not nearly
enough, anyway.
Well that sounds like a hell of a lot to me. I've read a bit of American
history, especially the Civil War, but I don't have the
John Williams wrote:
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, but you eventually might not have an audience.
If I wanted an audience, I wouldn't look for it here.
So why be needlessly insulting?
I don't do anything needlessly.
Anyway, I bet this is something you want to talk
about:
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry no. Not any of the books Google finds with
that title, nor the Stephenson novel with a similar title.
I've read Cryptonomicon, which was O.K., if a bit long
for the content.
I skipped Crypto, I imagine I would have had the same
impression as you.
John Williams wrote:
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry no. Not any of the books Google finds with
that title, nor the Stephenson novel with a similar title.
I've read Cryptonomicon, which was O.K., if a bit long
for the content.
I skipped Crypto, I imagine I would have had the same
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, John Williams wrote:
Anathem (I mistyped an -a before) is about 900 pages, but
after the first 80 pages or so the action picks up and it
did not drag at all for me. I'd say it is somewhere in
between Snow Crash and the Baroque Cycle books as far as
balance between
David said:
My favorites of his are the ones that start with
The Atrocity Archives. Not everyone would come
up with Lovecraftian computer science.
I must read more Stross. At the moment all I've read was A Colder
War, which I thought was great (and which is available for free
online).
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anathem (I mistyped an -a before) is about 900 pages, but
after the first 80 pages or so the action picks up and it
did not drag at all for me. I'd say it is somewhere in
between Snow Crash and the Baroque Cycle books as
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Martin Lewis wrote:
Basically if you like Cryptonomicom plus Snow Crash you will like Anathem.
OK, good to know -- I have something to really look forward to next week,
then! :)
Thank you very much, Martin.
Julia
Martin Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
post-cyberpunk world before writing Cryptonomicom, a sort of Slashdot
version of the 20th Century. Anathem is what Cryptonomicom would be if
it covered the whole of Western civilisaton from Plato onwards.
For someone who has read Anathem but not Cryptonomicon,
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Probably from the cover? : )
Partly, and the blurb I read focused on the android sex
element.
Yes, I recommend it. Stross
may not have the most polished writing, but the
rest of his books are amazing.
Okay, I've added it to my list. I'm not sure if I
Richard Baker wrote:
David said:
My favorites of his are the ones that start with
The Atrocity Archives. Not everyone would come
up with Lovecraftian computer science.
I must read more Stross. At the moment all I've read was A Colder
War, which I thought was great (and which is
John Williams wrote:
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Probably from the cover? : )
Partly, and the blurb I read focused on the android sex
element.
Well, she's a fembot, she's SUPPOSED to have
android sex. But yes, I had my doubts about
the book at first.
Yes, I recommend it.
My favorites of his are the ones that start with
The Atrocity Archives. Not everyone would come
up with Lovecraftian computer science.
I must read more Stross. At the moment all I've read was A Colder
War, which I thought was great (and which is available for free
online).
I like
David wrote:
How about Saturn's Children?
I just bought a buttload of books from SFBC, and that was among them. If
people are interested in talking about it,
I could move it up in the queue. I'm in the middle of re-reading _Watchmen_,
which has held up very well over
the past ~25 years.
Jim
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, she's a fembot, she's SUPPOSED to have
android sex.
Isn't that, ummm, speciest? DNA'ist? Why can't she
have sex with a human? :-)
Would that be Hamilton's _The Dreaming Void_?
No, The Temporal Void, the sequel to Dreaming.
amazon.co.uk should be
Well, she's a fembot, she's SUPPOSED to have
android sex.
Isn't that, ummm, speciest? DNA'ist? Why can't she
have sex with a human? :-)
Um... that's the plot of the book. She's a sexbot designed for having sex
with humans but there aren't any humans left to have sex with...
It could
Max Battcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Um... that's the plot of the book. She's a sexbot designed for having sex
with humans but there aren't any humans left to have sex with...
Now I'm wondering what happened to all the humans. I'll definitely
have to check it out now.
Richard
Rich, who has some enthusiasm for reading the Baroque Cycle, but that
enthusiasm is outweighed by being intimidated by the sheer number of
pages.
But you must have read thousands of pages of history! The Baroque Cycle
seems to be very well researched, and its recreations of 18th
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