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Fiction books
Jane Austen. Persuasion (re-read)
Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility (re-read)
S M Stirling. The Sky People
Roger Zelazny. Roadmarks

In progress
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace

Non-fiction books
(none)

short, screen, and stage )
books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Agatha Christie. Death Comes As the End

Synergies

Feb. 13th, 2010 08:00 pm
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Earlier this month I read a novel by S. M. Stirling in which the heroes get around on dinosaur-back, controlling the dinosaurs by means of electrodes planted in their brains to make them happy when they go where the controller wants them to go and unhappy when they try to go somewhere the controller doesn't want them to go. I admit it's kind of a cool concept, but I felt a bit uncomfortable that none of the characters seemed at all worried about the ethical considerations.

Today, I read a novel by Roger Zelazny, twenty-some years older, in which there is incidentally a character who rides a dinosaur around in a similar fashion - and he gets called on it, by somebody who isn't impressed by the justifications he offers (which are much the same as those tendered in Stirling's novel).

It wasn't the only reason I enjoyed the Zelazny much more than the Stirling, but it was definitely appreciated.
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Fiction books
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener. Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War
Neil Gaiman. Absolute Sandman volume 3
Tanith Lee. The Dragon Hoard (re-read)
Alan Moore, Zander Cannon. Smax
Adam Rex. The True Meaning of Smekday

In progress
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace

Non-fiction books
(none)

short, screen, and stage )
books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
S M Stirling. The Sky People

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