Capsule book summaries
Three Books of Known Space
She packed my bags... last night. Pre-flight. Zero hour. Nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high... as a kite by then... And I think it's gonna be a long long time... till touch down brings me back again to find I'm not the man they think I am back home. Oh no no no, I'm a rocketman. Rocketman, burning out his fuse out here alone...
Freakonomics
Trend regression is like mainlining the purest china white.
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century
All considered, it is a decent collection, however the editors choice of authors are questionable in the extreme. They continually choose obscure no-name authors over respected hard sci-fi authors like H. Stockton Thompson or authors of magical-realism like Thomas Leo Clancy Jr.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241...
The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
Don't ask me to summarize the debased contents of that dread tome. Even now, I can feel the muculent words of that madman squirm and insinuate themselves behind the partition of my consciousness. I only proffer this warning: Burn that vile fiend's works. Burn them, and besiege all that is good and virtuous to protect us from those who would make known that which must remained veiled.
The Trial
Meh, it's more humane than Gitmo. Sort of adorable in it's out-and-out quaintness, really.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. d/dx (c) = 0 Adveniat regnum tuum. d/dx [f(x)+g(x)] = f'(x) + g'(x) Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. d/dx [f(x)g(x)] = f(x)g'(x) + g(x)f'(x) Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. d/dx f(g(x)) = f'(g(x))g'(x) Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. d/dx [f(x)/g(x)] = (g(x)f'(x) - f(x)g'(x))/[g(x)g(x)]
Amen.
The Martian Chronicles
Oh I miss the earth so much. I miss my wife. It's lonely out in space. On such a timeless... flight. Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact it's cold as hell. And there's no one there to raise them if you did. And all this science I don't understand. It's just my job. Five days a week. Rocketman. A rocket man, a rocket... man.
She packed my bags... last night. Pre-flight. Zero hour. Nine a.m. And I'm gonna be high... as a kite by then... And I think it's gonna be a long long time... till touch down brings me back again to find I'm not the man they think I am back home. Oh no no no, I'm a rocketman. Rocketman, burning out his fuse out here alone...
Freakonomics
Trend regression is like mainlining the purest china white.
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century
All considered, it is a decent collection, however the editors choice of authors are questionable in the extreme. They continually choose obscure no-name authors over respected hard sci-fi authors like H. Stockton Thompson or authors of magical-realism like Thomas Leo Clancy Jr.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241...
The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
Don't ask me to summarize the debased contents of that dread tome. Even now, I can feel the muculent words of that madman squirm and insinuate themselves behind the partition of my consciousness. I only proffer this warning: Burn that vile fiend's works. Burn them, and besiege all that is good and virtuous to protect us from those who would make known that which must remained veiled.
The Trial
Meh, it's more humane than Gitmo. Sort of adorable in it's out-and-out quaintness, really.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. d/dx (c) = 0 Adveniat regnum tuum. d/dx [f(x)+g(x)] = f'(x) + g'(x) Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. d/dx [f(x)g(x)] = f(x)g'(x) + g(x)f'(x) Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. d/dx f(g(x)) = f'(g(x))g'(x) Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. d/dx [f(x)/g(x)] = (g(x)f'(x) - f(x)g'(x))/[g(x)g(x)]
Amen.
The Martian Chronicles
Oh I miss the earth so much. I miss my wife. It's lonely out in space. On such a timeless... flight. Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact it's cold as hell. And there's no one there to raise them if you did. And all this science I don't understand. It's just my job. Five days a week. Rocketman. A rocket man, a rocket... man.