When I first read about this book, I thought that there must be some typo in the title. Surely it should be “Rainbow’s End”, shouldn’t it? We all have read stories about rainbows’ ends and all the wealth that awaits there. So it was a natural reaction to assume that this book by Vernor Vinge [...]
I’m an eBook fan. I started reading eBooks at the end of 2003. I was searching for a good English dictionary that would run on my Palm Tungsten T. Back then I was reading books made of paper and most of them were written in English. Though I’m German most of the books I read [...]
Neal Stephenson has written another great book — Anathem. Visit the website of the book for a short summary of what it’s about and some nice videos featuring the author himself talking about the book and reading some passages from it. BTW, the trailer that is also available on the website is totally misleading. It [...]
“Halting State” is a funny nerd-book by Charles Stross. The setting: In an online role playing game a bank is robbed. Three people, a cop, an insurance accountant – both women – and a game developer investigate the case. The cop and the accountant do not really understand what is going on. The cop uses [...]
“Night’s Dawn” is a Science Fiction trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. Some day more than 2 years ago, it was offered in an ereader newsletter for a special price. The plot sounded interesting and so I bought it. At the beginning of this year, I finally began reading the first book. Now that I finally [...]