Reading books that make my mind tingle and sizzle are what really tickles my pickle

[genkobar]

Though I guess you can apply that to any kind of literature interest. Let me define it a bit better

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[rikkila]

*kiss*

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[genkobar]

Thank ye:)

I like that you liked it, but might I ask why? I'm curious.

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[rikkila]

I'm not sure I can really.

It just provoked a smile and *kiss*

:)

[antifret]

I'll have to check out Stross. Doctorow, I'm used to reading on boingboing. On an unrelated note, get this- a friend of mine is putting on a show at the end of the month and he asked if I wanted to play. I said yes, and he said "what should I put under your name ( [as]prone ) to describe it?" I said,
"Stupid beat tricks." He dis: "I like that! Where should I say you're from? Hey! Can I say you're from ICELAND?"
I'm not making this up. Apparently Icelandicness still ranks high on instant indie electro cred :)

[genkobar]

Hahaha, cool. It's been for a while pretty "hip" to be affiliated with Iceland, if not from it. More in underground circles, not exactly mainstream - but still a bit. Good you got a gig - I look forward to seeing how it goes.

I've gotten a bit into Singularity Sky now, and it's building up the setting and introducing characters nicely. It's not as intense as Lobsters, but then again, I expect writers really tend to cram much more into short stories than full novels, just because of the claustrophobia they feel when writing it. But Singularity Sky really kicks off well, I was very driven in reading more from page 1.

I've checked out boingboing once because the Penny Arcade guys read it, but I'm not a regular. It seems to be my kind of thing though - maybe I'll read it more in the future. I do look forward to checking out some of Doctorow's books though. Nice that they're all available online.

More Sci-Fi

[utlendingurinn]

One of my favourite author is Peter F. Hamilton, I recommend him wholeheartily. Especially the Night's Dawn trilogy (or hexology, depending on publisher ;) ). The only downside to his novels are that they are long ! very long ! The first volume of the Night's dawn trilogy is similar in length to Lord of the Rings !

But another good sci-fi author is Iain M. Banks. His Culture books are very interesting, I have two of them at home, so I can borrow you them.

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[genkobar]

I think our good friend dreaded-goldilocks has mentioned his name to me sometime, and that series. Perhaps when I finish k-Mack's Light by M. John Harrison, China Miéville's Scar and Singularity Sky by Charles Stross, I'll read them.

I like sci-fi

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[utlendingurinn]

:D The time it will take you to finish it :D Only 3600 pages :P (can we consider smileys to be a form of punctuation ?) You can borrow them from me.

[uneventfulday]

Hello. I saw one of your posts of Reykjavik on New Years 2003. And I noticed that one is right in front of my uncles house. Do you, by any chance, know a Magnus Palsson?

[genkobar]

Actually, no, I'm sorry:/

That year my brother and I walked from our grandparents' old house (pictured partly in the first shot) up to Bústaðarvegur (the road that goes over the bridge near Kringlan and towards/past Perlan and Öskjuhlíð) and walked til we reached the water tank there on little Öskjuhlíð. In what shot is the house? It probably just got into the photo when I took some shots on Bústaðarvegur.

[glowing_dragon]

Weirdness can be good. :D

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[genkobar]

And the same to you, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Weirdness is genius, or a herring, as I often put it. Though you might need to know some of my native language to understand why that is.

Thanks for caring:D

[glowing_dragon]

Thanks!

I might, yes... but that's fair enough.

Caring is what I do. :D