The Reluctant Paladin
August 30, 2009
I had a friend send me a link to a blog I hadn’t seen before. The Reluctant Paladin has some very interesting posts. If the image above isn’t moving, click to view the animation.
Month: August 2009
Libraries and eBooks
August 25, 2009
There has been a LOT of blogs, news articles, essays and flame wars on how eBooks are either A) Destroying the publishing industry or B) a new cultural wave that will revolutionize our society. Anyone who has chatted with me knows that I love the idea of eInk technology. I’m looking forward to getting a … More Libraries and eBooks
The Avatar by Poul Anderson
August 21, 2009
My previous post has a great piece of dialog from The Avatar, by Poul Anderson. But that is just barely scratching the surface of this fun book. At first glance, this appears to be a light-hearted space opera that deals with first contact with an alien species and indeed, one may accept it at that. … More The Avatar by Poul Anderson
Great quote!
August 16, 2009
This weekend, I was poking around a thrift shop (as I’m wont to do) and picked up a handful of cheap paperbacks. They were all books I have read before, but since they are so good and so cheap, I decided to reread and then pass them on to some deserving friends. One of them … More Great quote!
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