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coalescentBooks bought:
A Celebration of British Science Fiction (aka Foundation 93)
Tumbling After by Paul Witcover
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
Infinity Plus One
Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi
The last of those is the book that won the Guardian First Book award for 2004. I've been meaning to pick up a copy, and seeing as how he was the George Hay Memorial Lecturer this afternoon it seemed like a good time. He's a fine speaker, one of those able to communicate science, and the human implications thereof, to a general audience. And he pointed out the fluidity of biology, which is something I always appreciate; pointed out that we are all mutants, for non-trivial values of mutant. In fact, he even pointed out that Liz' mutant power is ultra-flexible clavicles.
Minor disappointments: no Waldrop books that I can find, the food is poor, and the Delorian never showed up. On the upside, there's an audience-participation Richard III going on in front of me right now, and this evening brings Doctor Who and AWARDS. :-)
A Celebration of British Science Fiction (aka Foundation 93)
Tumbling After by Paul Witcover
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
Infinity Plus One
Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi
The last of those is the book that won the Guardian First Book award for 2004. I've been meaning to pick up a copy, and seeing as how he was the George Hay Memorial Lecturer this afternoon it seemed like a good time. He's a fine speaker, one of those able to communicate science, and the human implications thereof, to a general audience. And he pointed out the fluidity of biology, which is something I always appreciate; pointed out that we are all mutants, for non-trivial values of mutant. In fact, he even pointed out that Liz' mutant power is ultra-flexible clavicles.
Minor disappointments: no Waldrop books that I can find, the food is poor, and the Delorian never showed up. On the upside, there's an audience-participation Richard III going on in front of me right now, and this evening brings Doctor Who and AWARDS. :-)
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Date: 2005-03-26 06:41 pm (UTC)oh! I found that waldrop - so send me your addy when you get back and I will mail to you.
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Date: 2005-03-26 08:14 pm (UTC)(I've seen the De Lorean .Well, one of them. I think it was BTTF2. It's outside the BTTF ride at Universal).
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Date: 2005-03-28 06:48 pm (UTC)Am extremely jealous about the Delorean.
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Date: 2005-03-28 07:35 pm (UTC)Especially the Mummy ride. (the BTTF one is pretty good too)