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So many stories and ideas, such a small space:

My Library Thing

I decided to make a librarything page to keep track of all the books I have read. I entered everything I could off the top of my head, and I think I've got most of the recent ones. I can't believe how small a number it is. It's sad how many great books out there that I may never have enough time to read. If nothing else, this is why we need to find out a way to live forever.

Greg Egan: Best Sci-Fi Writer of Recent Times?

Greg Egan is the man. So far I've had the pleasure of reading Permutation City, Diaspora, and just recently, Distress. These books are full of so many mind-bending ideas each that it makes most other books you read a bore. Very few authors that I've read have the ability to take advanced (and pretty accurate) math and physics and mold them into genuine stories with deep character development. So many times I'll be reading a book and I'll think, "Come on man just take this idea to the extreme. What do you have to lose?" Greg Egan takes ideas to the extreme and makes them work. If you are interested in math, physics, technology, computing, and the far future, pick up some Greg Egan and thank me later.