Very cool novel. Sort of steampunk, sort of fantasy.

50!

SF

The one and only book about Rails, at least for a few more weeks. A great intro, but already starting to get a little out of date.

Third book of the Engines of God series. Pretty good, much better than Chindi.

Sequel to The Engines of God. A little weak compared to that book.

Yeah, it’s short! So what? It counts.

Anyway, it’s an interesting short essay on the nature of b.s. and why we seem to have so much of it.

A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4. The series may be weakening a bit. Less stuff seemed to happen in this book than the first three. Is he getting Robert Jordan disease? At least no one tugged on their braid.

Still, well worth reading in the context of the series. I expect the next book to be stronger. Martin has said he had trouble with this one, and decided to split it into two. This books focuses on one set of characters, and leaves out many of my favorites. I look forward to seeing them in the next book.

Joel wants people who write about software to do a better job, and put together this collection to attempt to show how it ought to be done.

I bought the book mostly for the Poignent Guide excerpt, but all of the essays were worth reading.

Fun horror SF.

Love redeems a simple man.