thanks but I think I'd rather retain my illusions.
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
For future economics I liked Bruce Sterling's Islands in the Stream which postulated all kinds of interesting new business models.
For future psychiatry I really liked Greg Bear's Queen of Angels.
Heh. There are so many books I adored in middle school/early high school that I have not re-read, lest my illusions be spoiled.
Charles Stross’s Merchant Princes novels, on the other hand, are economic science fiction worth reading.
I have these...they're an interesting concept, but I'm not a fan of the characters. A similar concept is present in SM Stirling's "Conquistador"
Bruce Sterling's Islands in the Stream
It's Islands in the Net I think. Islands in the Stream is that horribly depressing last book by Hemingway.
Funny - did not like Conquistador at all.
Islands in the Stream is that horribly depressing last book by Hemingway.
But a lovely Dolly/Kenny duet.
Charles Stross’s Merchant Princes novels, on the other hand, are economic science fiction worth reading.
Ooh, I'm reading these! They're a world away from his usual singularity SF stuff, but I'm really enjoying them.
Islands in the Stream
Oh thank you Buffistas for noting the Dolly Parton connection before I could get there.
I thought I was the only one who'd admit to liking that song.
Oddly, more than I did when it was new and popular.
Earworms? This early in the morning? Involving Kenny Rogers? I hate you all.