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Yes....I hate FB as well...

Just finished the multiple award winning... ANCILLARY JUSTICE - Ann Leckie (2014) It's a clever book, with a few great, thrilling moments. What I like best of it is the cold, harsh nature of some parts of Radch society. The AI/ship part of the story is also well done, but it reminds me a bit of Ban...

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Keri Hulme's The Bone People , Booker-winning novel by a Maori author from New Zealand. I remember reading that about 20 years ago. About the woman who lives alone in a lighthouse with her guitar? Cant remember much except I hated it. :) yeah.. I disliked it intensely.. but it's rather iconic down ...

i don't really see any evidence that noise has slowed down in production or quality. sure, a lot of artists gravitate away from noise into other sounds. but the noise lives on. m agreed.... this isn't noise of the first water, but the thought of a bunch of Indonesian kids with cheap generators and ...

Loren Chasse... The Air in the Sand.

noise is good....





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Just finished House of Suns by Reynolds, a stand alone book set in a different universe than the RS-trilogy. Man, all SF fans reading this that are not on the Reynolds train already should hop on immediately, the guy has tons of talent and imagination. Even if you don't like Banks, give this a try,...

words fail me...

The Station Agent. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340377/ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WvcTv4tNMFs/UHPLIls9uWI/AAAAAAAAEFc/ZyTNWh8qWhI/s1600/71007_1_ws.jpg How much do I love this film? ( a lot) I could add any amount of verbiage to support that but I do not need to.. sometimes a simple good thing is a s...

there are loud explosions going off nearby.. (They take hoops very seriously in Lexington...)

not to mention the cover of this edition is ace...

finally got to this one yesterday: http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestsellers-2007/3541-1.jpg so good, the plot may not sound so interesting if you read it beforehand, and if that's not enough, the book basically starts with a synopsis of what will follow. but none of that matters, deeply moving...

surfer wrote:

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail, But Some Don't - Nate Silver

whad'ya think?

yeah.... this is so sad. the genre is losing it's smartest voice...

faster wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYvL7GcLxLA

ooooo....

nyc ain't just about bagels... (although they are the best.. )
my memory is of eating wonderful food in Brooklyn heights and queens when i visited my two bestest buddies way back in the 90's... great arab, thai and korean linger in my memory..

get a local guide and explore..