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Mute
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posted 01-02-2005 08:24 PM
    
The last fiction book I read was The Labyrinth Key by Howard V. Hendrix. quote:
Brilliant researcher Jaron Kwok is working to develop a quantum computer, which could crack any cryptographic code, while creating code uncrackable by all other computers. Whoever invents the first quantum computer will permanently win the twenty-first-century Cold War between China and the U.S. Then Kwok, an American, disappears from his Hong Kong hotel room, leaving behind only ashes and melted computer equipment. Has Kwok been killed, or kidnapped? Or has he succeeded in creating the quantum computer, and disappeared with it into another universe? The Cold War heats up as another brilliant American researcher, Benjamin Cho, and a relentless Chinese police detective, Marilyn Lu, race to solve the mystery, though its solution may destroy not only the world, but the universe--and, perhaps, an infinitude of alternative universes.
I just read a few books on communism including the communist manifesto, and a book on economics. I'm in the middle of two Noam Chomsky books. One is called Hegemony of Survival. -------------------- Ford!...there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!
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AcidWarp
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posted 01-02-2005 10:20 PM
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez ReverteI snagged a 1906 printing of The Illiad which I intend to start next. But I may read Dark Tower 7 first. I haven't really decided yet. -------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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Mute
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posted 01-03-2005 03:19 PM
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Originally posted by Mad Max:
Snow Crash
Good book. Read any other books by Stephenson? FS ~ Just think. Two more huge Baroque Cycle books after that. How does Quicksilver compare to Cryptonomicon so far? Has Enoch Root made an appearance? -------------------- Ford!...there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!
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FS
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posted 01-03-2005 04:52 PM
Mute - Enoch made an early appearance  I don't know if it's the book or the situation, but I read Cryptonomicon in a flash, while I've hardly gotten started with this one. The language and storytelling is definitely heavier, but we'll see how it goes. I've been reading this very randomly, with at least a week of pause between my three reading episodes, and that certainly doesn't help getting into the right feeling... So can't really recommend this one yet, but I do have high expectations at least. -------------------- quote:
Originally posted by FS:
Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one
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Mute
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posted 01-04-2005 02:43 PM
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Originally posted by FS:
Mute - Enoch made an early appearance I've hardly gotten started with this one. The language and storytelling is definitely heavier, but we'll see how it goes.
Either he's really really old or there is a line of Enochs. - Remember that thread at F3D where me, you, and Blunt were talking about Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon. That's actually why I read the book, and it turned out to be excellent. I have Quicksilver, but I'm like you. I have to have time to dedicate to a book like that. Plus, I'm worried it won't hold my interest because of the period it's written in. -------------------- Ford!...there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!
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Headstone
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posted 01-06-2005 01:05 AM
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Originally posted by Mad Max:
Has anyone read "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Heinlein? I started reading this upon recommendation several years ago (too many to remember) but I got distracted part way through. It seemed heavy going if I remember it correctly and was wondering if people on here would recommend giving it another try?[ 01-05-2005: Message edited by: Mad Max ]
Yes it is very much worth the read. Considering that it was written in parts between 1950 and 1960 it could represent todays world and our take on religion/race and belief systems. Heinleins hard SF was well ahead of its time. Another in the same vein but totally different style is Job: a Comedy of Justice.
-------------------- Yep it really is me.
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AcidWarp
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posted 01-06-2005 03:36 AM
Forgot to mention that I also read the Weekly World News. But only for the bat boy articles-------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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