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François

FrankAuLux@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 2 years, 11 months ago

Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.

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finished reading The Jennifer Morgue (LF#2) by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #2)

Charles Stross: The Jennifer Morgue (LF#2) (Hardcover, 2006, Golden Gryphon Press)

In this alternately chilling and hilarious sequel to The Atrocity Archives (2004) from Hugo-winner Stross, …

Charles Stross: The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1) (2006, Ace Books)

Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up …

Very interesting and entertaining book. It is difficult to describe without spoiling the plot so I won't but I found it quite funny, and definitely looking forward to the #2 of the series from @cstross@wandering.shop

David Brin: Kiln people (2002, Tor)

"Thanks to the new technology of imprinting, people in a near-future America can copy their …

This is a very interresting book. It starts as a roman noir, with the usual sleuth cliché, and then slowly turns into a science-fiction wiht a detour by some philosophy consideration. Very different from any other Brin I read so far, and therefore possibly the most interesting :-) Definitely recommended !!

finished reading Work! Consume! Die! by Frankie Boyle

Frankie Boyle: Work! Consume! Die! (en language, HarperCollins Publishers) No rating

Brace yourself for Frankie’s novel, he’s more outspoken and brilliantly inappropriate than ever.

There …

The book has 2 kinds of chapters: "diary", and "stand up". The problem with the "stand up" part is that I can't really read that. I mean it's one thing to hear somebody cracking lines after line on stage, but to read it is no fun (for me at least). There is also the fact that if you don't remember what was topical/on TV/the UK current events of 2010-2012, you'll probably miss the point, the pun or the fun of those jokes. So as much as I like him, this book is definitely not for me.

Amor Towles: A Gentleman in Moscow (EBook, 2019, Independently Published)

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and …

Excellent book. Not exactly what I expected. There is a lot in this book, descriptions of Russian revolution, life in Moscow before WWII, but also a lot of sociology and philosophy. Definitely recommended.

Charles Stross: Glasshouse (2007, Ace) No rating

Glasshouse is a science fiction novel by British author Charles Stross, first published in 2006. …

Quite a lot in this book. Sociology, space opera (kindof). Sometimes a bit difficult to follow but all in all a nice read from @cstross@wandering.shop. Recommended.

David Brin: The postman (Paperback, 1986, Bantam Books)

This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. …

This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...