Reading Idea: Human for a Day
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What I came away with was a better sense of life bordered by death. By giving such a short timeline—one day—I required each author to tell a tale of birth, life, and death. Though the stories ranged from the far past to the far future and into worlds that never were but could have been, there was single thread of familiarity. There was a sense of wonder and emotion that was at the heart of it all.
My Haul from Amazon’s “Big Deal” eBook Sale
Amazon is running a Big Deal sale on Kindle books. It includes about 970 books and ends today.
Like most sales, there is quite a lot of dreck in there. But I waded through it all and I did manage to find a few good bargains.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, $2.99. This has received rave reviews …
That’s How a Dark Age Begins
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“Daddy, is it really true that they used to fly to the moon when you were a boy?” That shook me and it still does. It shook me because that’s how a dark age begins. A dark age is not just when you as a civilization have forgotten how to do something. It’s when you forget that you ever could.
Age of Wonders
Bill Quick sends an e-mail to Glenn Reynolds:
So I’m out on my bike today – it’s gorgeous in SF – and I stop by the Bay for a breather and just to sit and watch the sailboats gliding under the Bay Bridge.
I open my backpack and drag out my …
Warp Drive: Closer Than You Think
An obscure German scientists publishes some intriguing formulas in the 1950’s, then proceeds to shun the limelight. He writes three books, but only publishes them in German. Most physicists never hear of his work. Another scientist expands on the theories in the 1980’s, but they languish in obscurity for another 20 years. It sounds like …