Tuesday 27 October 2015

10 Billion Days and 100 Billion Nights

(August 2015)
  


I invite you to marvel dumbfounded at the depth of my ignorance and the height of my hubris, as I attempt to mix it with people far, far smarter than me over at the Strange Horizons Book Club.

Friday 16 October 2015

Sorcerer to the Crown

(October 2015)
  


Delightful. As with her short stories, Cho has a rare and unerring ability to do charming without tripping over into twee, and witty without falling into smug.

Monday 12 October 2015

Very Short Introductions

Robert J.C. Young, 2003
Ken Binmore, 2007
(October 2015)


A pairing prompted by absolutely no good reason whatsoever, but one which did at least serve to emphasise that I'm better with the big ideas than the tedious business of actually backing them up with numbers and evidence. But then we knew that already, didn't we?