Category Archives: Books, Stories, etc
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A Byte of Python which is nicely available free.
Books – The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer, 2001
Free download of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing
Created out of the Swamp by a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world’s self-destruction. Inspired by the creation of writer Len … Continue reading
“Lobsters” by Charles Stross
“Lobsters” by Charles Stross “Who are you?” Manfred repeats suspiciously. “Am organization formerly known as KGB dot RU.” “I think your translator’s broken.” He holds the phone to his ear carefully, as if it’s made of smoke-thin aerogel, tenuous as … Continue reading
Madeleine L’Engle, Writer of Children’s Classics, Is Dead at 88 – New York Times
Madeleine L’Engle, Writer of Children’s Classics, Is Dead at 88 – New York Times Madeleine L’Engle, an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre and generation, most memorably in her children’s classic “A Wrinkle … Continue reading
Who says all poetry is boring?
As a sort-of-shameless plug, my wife’s poetry press is about to release it’s next 3 books. The one of most interest for this post is: Jill Essbaum’s new book – Harlot (look, a cock!). Jill lives out of the country … Continue reading
Books – Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age
(or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer) I just took a look at categories and realized that nothing with a book topic had been published since 12/05. That’s pretty disappointing, especially with evil_bastard as a contributing writer. My last fun book … Continue reading
Accelerando from Charles Stross
I tried to find a previous story that I’d written about Charles Stross’s Concrete Jungle but I could find it. So if you didn’t see it, that short story is freely available for reading here. I’d describe it as BOFH … Continue reading
Farewell, Doc
One of my favorite authors, Hunter S. Thompson, killed himself last night. Link to story.
The people that owned the bible – a short story on copyright
… Then Jimmy took out all of the parts of the Bible that criticized rich people. Most of the surviving major churches didn’t notice that. But they did complain when Jimmy changed the traditional translations of Yusuf and Miryam to … Continue reading