tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post9074758285237674066..comments2024-02-10T11:15:33.341-05:00Comments on Reading Envy: Reading Envy 018: Dystopia is My ReligionJenny Colvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504838127259859300noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-33190334305937705752015-01-09T21:29:04.034-05:002015-01-09T21:29:04.034-05:00Oh I need to read all of these! The one I have at...Oh I need to read all of these! The one I have at home is The Echo Maker. You are the second person to mention Goldbug Variations to me.Jenny Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504838127259859300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-90096362388227571742015-01-09T21:19:41.623-05:002015-01-09T21:19:41.623-05:00Goldbug Variations is immense. One of the best no...Goldbug Variations is immense. One of the best novels about information.<br />Galatea 2.0 is a heartbreaking novel about AI.<br />Plowing the Dark is about memory, imaginations, and VR.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-11128201458630731662015-01-09T21:02:45.740-05:002015-01-09T21:02:45.740-05:00I have another Powers' at home and hope to rea...I have another Powers' at home and hope to read it this year!<br /><br />You are very lucky to have had a lunch with him.Jenny Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504838127259859300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-5230786599732477692015-01-09T20:56:00.393-05:002015-01-09T20:56:00.393-05:00So many tasty titles in this one.
I'm looking...So many tasty titles in this one. <br />I'm looking forward to _Orfeo_, as a fan of Powers' earlier novels. I had the good fortune to talk with him over lunch - terrifyingly smart man, utterly without ego.<br /><br />Bone Clocks, Geek Love: looking forward to these.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-91536519112581040152015-01-09T20:53:25.829-05:002015-01-09T20:53:25.829-05:00Agreed, Phil. Jenny is the empyrean ideal of libr...Agreed, Phil. Jenny is the empyrean ideal of librarianship: knowledgeable as all get out, *and* reading a lot!Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-19160220881422605532014-12-31T06:51:57.731-05:002014-12-31T06:51:57.731-05:00The fact that Jenny read over 200 books in 2014 ha...The fact that Jenny read over 200 books in 2014 has only confirmed my suspicions that she is in fact not human, but some advanced form of robotic intelligence masquerading as one of us. You have tipped your hand and revealed your ambition for world domination Colvin! And too soon for your diabolical plans to succeed!Philip Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875539698291188710noreply@blogger.com