Of Two Minds

The Baroque Cycle: Quicksilver [5/5]
by Neal Stephenson
(William Morrow, hardcover September 2003)
Against the vividly imagined historical backdrop of Europe in the 1600’s, Stephenson unfolds a compelling story of politics and brings to life the birth of the scientific revolution. But this is no dry treatise on days past; no tedious textbook to drain all the [...]

This past weekend I attended Boskone 41, so I thought I’d list a few of the highlights.
Books I got:
The Poison Master by Liz Williams
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Schild’s Ladder by Greg Egan
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next 50 Years by Bruce Sterling
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon [free, thanks to Betsy [...]

Better late than never, I suppose, so here are my favorite CDs from among those that came out in 2003. There were other CDs that were pretty darned good, but these are the ones I liked the best.
Michael’s Favorite CDs of 2003:
The Dresden Dolls — The Dresden Dolls
This one is absolutely brilliant, and is [...]