Comments | revolution_grrl: Oh, that sounds fun

revolution_grrl

Oh, that sounds fun

Jan 30, 2009 08:31

Once again, inspired by the work of jlassen

I've been meaning to read Charles Stross for some time, and haven't gotten around to it. The above-mentioned blog colleague brought my attention to a blog post, "CT Stross on development economics," about Stross' Merchant Princes series. Besides the fact that Dick Cheney, known by all as Daddy Warbucks, is a ( Read more... )

politics, economics, books

Comments 3

firynze January 30 2009, 14:55:57 UTC

I've got a bunch of his books, including the first in this series, sitting on my shelves waiting to be read.

revolution_grrl January 30 2009, 23:24:37 UTC

I just grabbed it at the library tonight. I'll report soon.

baralier February 10 2009, 02:57:28 UTC

I hadn't read any Stross before we had him out here as a guest for a SF Con in 2006. Of his stuff I quite liked the Atrocity Archives but I've been very taken with the Merchant Princes series. I've read the first three (which reminds me I must get a copy of no.4). Not only are they great books but they remind me of H. Beam Piper's alternate history stuff, which Stross has admitted to being a fan of.

I'd recommend them.