Weasel Wordshttp://www.klio.org/weblog/A Book Logen-usweb@klio.orgCopyright 2003<link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_08_archive.html#entry-496</link><description> Wil McCarthy’s Bloom is hard SF from the ‘90s, and it reads like it. It’s got all the hallmarks of that era, being set in the interior of an outer-system moon, after the Earth and inner planets have been reduced to gray goo by rogu... </description><dc:date>2010-08-22T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_08_archive.html#entry-495</link><description>I’m given to understand that the 21st century is when everything changes, and hey, here’s Jim Butcher’s Changes to apply that maxim to Harry Dresden’s life. Given the title, it’s probably not too spoilery to mention that some things actuall... </description><dc:date>2010-08-22T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_08_archive.html#entry-494</link><description>So, the characteristics of the Indie Graphic Novel are that it 1) is a black-and-white thing 2) that uses “clever” stylistic tricks to tell a story 3) about a dude who can best be described as not precisely a younger version of the author, and 4) how... </description><dc:date>2010-08-22T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_05_archive.html#entry-493</link><description> Douglas Crockford’s JavaScript: The Good Parts is the best kind of language tutorial. It is concise, it is opinionated, and it does not condescend.... </description><dc:date>2010-05-22T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_05_archive.html#entry-492</link><description> Peter Seibel’s Coders at Work is a series of interviews with famous programmers — Ken Thompson, Donald Knuth, Brendan Eich, Jamie Zawinski, and a bunch of others — wherein Seibel asks them how they think about, and engage in, progra... </description><dc:date>2010-05-22T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_05_archive.html#entry-491</link><description>So back some years ago, when I was reading the Hornblower books, I got a bit burnt out and left the last three for when I’d appreciate them more. That time arrived with my recent fit of Napoleomania, so C.S. Forester’s Hornblower and the “Atropos”, ... </description><dc:date>2010-05-22T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_05_archive.html#entry-490</link><description>So downblog a ways, Kate Nepveu recommended Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell as a piece of Napoleonic fiction, so of course I instantly read it.... </description><dc:date>2010-05-13T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_05_archive.html#entry-489</link><description> Jim C. Hines’ The Stepsister Scheme and The Mermaid’s Madness sound awful. They’re set in a fairy-tale kingdom, with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White all teaming up to kick ass and take names, Charlie’s Angels-style! Li... </description><dc:date>2010-05-05T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_05_archive.html#entry-488</link><description>So some time ago, I heard vague news/rumors that the Ultimate Universe comics were going to be cancelled, and would be going out with a storyline called Ultimatum. After a bit of sadness (because Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man has consistently been one... </description><dc:date>2010-05-05T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title/><link>http://www.klio.org/weblog/2010_03_archive.html#entry-487</link><description> Walter Jon Williams’ This Is Not a Game is precisely the sort of book that I normally hate. It’s set in a techno-geeky world, and it involves a lot of tech-obsessed people doing things with ARGs (”alternate reality games” — those l... </description><dc:date>2010-03-29T11:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>