Whoops. I had quite a lot to say about some of these, but I doubt I'll be able to remember any of it now.

17. Some Remarks by Neal StephensonA collection of various articles and essays and a couple of short stories Stephenson has produced over the years. Fascinating stuff, for the most part. The longest piece is a series of articles he did for ( Read more... )

I just got back from a talk Neal Stephenson gave at the Watershed as part of something called the Festival of Ideas ( Read more... )

3. Reamde by Neal Stephenson

He's set a new record - this one is 100 pages longer than Anathem.  Having said that, it took me significantly less time to read this than Anathem or the Quicksilver series.  There's some ideas in it, but it's just a big espionage adventure book really.

My book club recently read one of Stephenson's earlier efforts, The ( Read more... )

I had a lot to say about some of these, but it's been so long I just can't remember or be bothered.

28. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Not as good as I remembered, but still worth while.

29. Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by Simon SchamaA pretty scholarly work for something that accompanies a TV series. As I ( Read more... )

69. The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanI suspect that everyone who cares has already read this, so I'll just say that it's lovely. I've been saving it till I had a chance to read it all at once, which I did over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ( Read more... )

The very concept of Rednecks for Obama warms the very cockles of my little heart, particularly the quotes on the "who cares if rednecks support Obama?" page. If I had my own car, I might well buy the bumper sticker ( Read more... )