jdnicoll.bsky.social
Reviewer, Essayist, Hugo, Aurora, and Darwin Award finalist. My hydronyms: turbid/opaque
👤 Joined on 05 Juli 2023
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Definitely a book where you can read the first 20 pages and know how you're going to feel about the rest of it, should you continue. (As opposed to, say, Seveneves, which tumbled off its rickety rope bridge 2/3 of the way across.)
Show PostDeclining oil production! Soaring prices! Can you imagine? The real-world problems caused by the energy crisis of the 1970s were legion, but as @jdnicoll.bsky.social points out, it inspired quite a lot of science fiction--here are five examples
Show PostThis book is absolutely Peak Stephenson. I loved that there are a couple bits shoved in an appendix, as the author realized they were perhaps a bit much.
Show PostHot take: part of the issue was the weird combined mail outs of voter cards to one person at the address
Show PostI tried to get hold of the Chaosium one a while back; wasn't prepared to pay those prices. Especially from the USA.
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