Currently reading:

A Brief History of the Future: Origins of the Internet

I’m about half-way through this, it was recommended to me by a lecturer and has positive reviews… I started reading it quite some time ago but got distracted and have only recently returned to it.

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Just some quick ‘flash reviews’ of books I’ve read recently:

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Easily one of my favourite books of recent months, I already had an inkling of the quality from my ladies excited discussion when she first read through it. It is one of the most unique takes on the time travel story and proves surprisingly easy to follow.

The Difference Engine

I enjoyed it as the steampunk classic that it is. Anything further would just involve omgoshing over William Gibson to the embarassment of all.

Smoke & Mirrors

Gaiman <3 in this collection of short stories and poetry. A friend summed this up when he said, “It just makes me wish I’d thought of those stories first.”

American Gods

As a confessed and shamed ‘late to Gaiman’ Reader I have been devouring his tasty offerings in quick succession, while I still consider Neverwhere my favourite I rate American Gods highly.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Read many times now and still loved with equal measure.

Jennifer Government

Another reread, I have a soft spot for this book and really want to see it as a film. The Nation States game was an inspired way to bring it to wider attention.