More and more books

Finished Kadrey's BUTCHER BIRD today. It's about damn time. Only took me a few years. Or something like that.

Started reading in back when it was still entitled BLIND SHRIEK in CC (creative commons) form only. It felt good to finally finish it.

Finished THE COMPASS ROSE stories too. BUTCHER BIRD is better.

Just picked up ACCELERANDO by Charles Stross and THE RAW SHARK TEXTS by Steven Hall, and started to read the latter.

I keep buying more and more books, and I hope I never finish all the books I own. Though it seems like a nice goal, to have read everything I own, I feel like if I ever reached that point, then I'd have nothing left to read.

I remember talking to Adam Lawrence a while ago, we started to talk about books. He told me that whenever he went on vacation, he'd bring three, or even four books, just in case he managed to finish his current read as well as his back-up.

I feel like that need for material is something that not that many people understand.

Right now, my main read is GOLD by Asimov (currently taking up space in my jacket pocket)

The new ebook-thing on the slate is GREY by Jon Armstrong. Gonna start that at work sometime tomorrow. (Got another one sitting on the desk top there, but I can't remember what it is.)

For some reason, I haven't been writing. I mean here, elsewhere, at all, really. Since I'm not doing much writing on the job (been mostly revisions for the last few weeks), maybe that's effecting it? Not sure.

Finally got to discuss love in writing (my writing, anyway), and maybe I'll type it up and post it here.

We'll see.

Books

Most recent literary happenings in the world of Max:

- Finished STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND finally. Very good book. Critiques most things, while managing to set up characters used later in the world of Heinlein as well as adding depth to the history of that same world.
- Finished ENDER'S GAME. Also good. Interesting thoughts re: war and children.
- Read and finished HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornsby. Not as good as either ENDER'S GAME or STRANGER, but decent all in all.
- Currently reading: THE COMPASS ROSE by Ursula K. Le Guin. So far, difficult in terms of style. We'll see what happens.

Soon, I'll be meeting with Em and Miguel to talk about HIGH FIDELITY. Wonder how that'll go. I wrote notes for discussion!

Probably going to start reading GOLD by Asimov (coll. of short stories and essays) tonight, so I figure that way I'll have a good set of three to be working through.

Quick Update

Been a little busy, so I haven't been updating.

Closed my comic store on Monday, and it broke my heart.

Finished The Difference Engine on Thursday. Not so hot. Not quite sure why I picked it up in the first place, but whatever.

Started Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and I'm really enjoying it.

Saw Sasha and John Digweed spin at Webster Hall on Friday night. Absolutely amazing.

Off to read more of Ender's Game.

Bah. I miss my store.