I am currently studying in college and part of my college course dictates that I most do a work experience placement. I ended being placed in a charity shop. The first couple of days went well. Its a small little shop in a shopping center so there wasn’t much for me to do. So they decided that today I’ll do some work in the...
Maybe it's a non-US thing, but here in Sweden GMaps will desperately force you onto roads that it has decided are highways or some other kind of "fast" roads I guess and it makes no sense.
This is the first non-Revelation Space book by Alastair Reynolds that I have read, and I loved it! It started out very simple. As the story progressed, it increasingly became evident that something very weird was going on. There were subtle clues to pick up on and I found myself tearing through the book trying to put together...
Loved it. I've read lots of his books, and this one was so different from the other ones. When reading it, there were more and more details that bothered me & didn't add up, but I just thought "huh, he's sloppy with details, he usually is so good about those things." So it took me quite a while to really see that something major was going on & it was very rewarding.
Also Slow bullets. It's a shorter story (novella) and it's a pretty nice idea/setting although some of the characters' decisions were really frustrating.
A rant about an experience I had with Google maps today.
I am currently studying in college and part of my college course dictates that I most do a work experience placement. I ended being placed in a charity shop. The first couple of days went well. Its a small little shop in a shopping center so there wasn’t much for me to do. So they decided that today I’ll do some work in the...
Whats something that is only worth getting the expensive version of?
I grew up with $20 walmart blenders, and hated anything that required a blender....
Let's discuss Eversion by Alastair Reynolds
This is the first non-Revelation Space book by Alastair Reynolds that I have read, and I loved it! It started out very simple. As the story progressed, it increasingly became evident that something very weird was going on. There were subtle clues to pick up on and I found myself tearing through the book trying to put together...