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Title: anyone read Charlie Stross ?
Post by: guessingo on March 30, 2010, 07:17:18 PM

I like his blog and noticed that Paul Krugman (nobel winning economist) is a big fan. Where does he fall on the dark/light scale? Do people here like him?

Title: Re: anyone read Charlie Stross ?
Post by: Bookstore Guy on March 30, 2010, 10:03:02 PM

I started reading Halting State.  I found it unreadable.

Title: Re: anyone read Charlie Stross ?
Post by: Shivertongue on March 30, 2010, 10:05:23 PM

I've read the first three books in The Merchant Princes series. They aren't too bad, and are nice for some light wind-down reading.

Title: Re: anyone read Charlie Stross ?
Post by: Sigyn on March 31, 2010, 04:49:57 PM

I quite liked Singularity Sky and its sequel Iron Sunrise. I would recommend them as long as you don't mind the f-word.

Title: Re: anyone read Charlie Stross ?
Post by: guessingo on April 05, 2010, 01:03:00 PM

Stross said he is writing a romance novel due to the economics of sci-fi. this is pretty interesting.

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/psa-new-book-deal.html

Title: Re: anyone read Charlie Stross ?
Post by: Sigyn on April 05, 2010, 03:52:42 PM

April Fools.