I read one of the great Cyberpunk novels:
Walter Williams: Voice of the Whirlwind
It is a good read and has a few really nice ideas. All in all it is not as good as Neuromancer which is a defining work of Cyberpunk and probably a Inspiration to Voice of the whirlwind.
Also it is leaning very much on a Zen Approach to Military which is not really my Cup of tea.
@torunn saidExcellent, so many twists and turns. Could not have anticipated where The Spy who came in from The Cold was going. Tragic and intense!
Interesting books!
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@torunn saidI have just finished reading this entertaining book, A Gentleman in Moscow, written by Amor Towles:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
"A Gentleman in Moscow is the 30-year saga of the Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, who is placed under house arrest inside the Metropol Hotel in Moscow in 1922 when the Bolsheviks spare him from death or Siberia because of his 1913 revolutionary poem written in university..."
"...epic in its ambition, enthralling in its storytelling, entertaining in its humour and eloquent in its prose. The story is set amongst the socially chaotic birth of communist Russia, yet celebrates the dominion of the individual."
Reading it takes patience but is so rewarding. I think that maybe HandyAndy would like to give it a chance?
@torunn saidSounds interesting! I'll add it to my list. Right now I'm working my way through Brenda Wineapple's "Ecstatic Nation," but I'll get to it soon. Thanks!
I have just finished reading this entertaining book, A Gentleman in Moscow, written by Amor Towles:
"A Gentleman in Moscow is the 30-year saga of the Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, who is placed under house arrest inside the Metropol Hotel in Moscow in 1922 when the Bolsheviks spare him from death or Siberia because of his 1913 revolutionary poem written in university..." ...[text shortened]... it takes patience but is so rewarding. I think that maybe HandyAndy would like to give it a chance?
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@handyandy saidI too will check it out but not until I can access, physically, our local library. Too frugal to order it as a keeper. 😲
Sounds interesting! I'll add it to my list. Right now I'm working my way through Brenda Wineapple's "Ecstatic Nation," but I'll get to it soon. Thanks!
@great-big-stees saidGood, I hope you will enjoy. I don't visit our library during current circumstances so I buy instead.
I too will check it out but not until I can access, physically, our local library. Too frugal to order it as a keeper. 😲
@handyandy saidI'm glad you will. It may be a bit light-weight literature to you, but I know you will appreciate it for its prose, intelligence and humour.
Sounds interesting! I'll add it to my list. Right now I'm working my way through Brenda Wineapple's "Ecstatic Nation," but I'll get to it soon. Thanks!
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So the revolutionary poem was not revolutionary ENOUGH? Jeez, those were GREAT guys back then in the revolution, eh.