THE LITERARY WINDFALL OF THE BLOG
This will amuse certain parties.
A few weeks ago, I had a post on William Gibson and in the course of the post, solicited reader opinions on Gibson. This sparked a lively discussion and many recommendations for further sci-fi reading in the comments section.
The other night, Mrs. Zenpundit had a surprise gathering for me, to honor the annual increase in my age, at one of the better local restaurants. One of the frequent lurkers here, “Dona Julia” and her husband “The Brown Guitar“, had read the post and comments and, as a result, presented me with copies of:
All Tomorrow’s Parties
Idoru
Virtual Light
Ender’s Game
Speaker For the Dead
A rare instance of life imitating the blogosphere. Much thanks to Dona Julia, her Guitar and Mrs. Z. for yesterday evening and to the readers for their helpful suggestions.
September 9th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I guess my lurking pays off once in awhile.
Happy reading!
September 9th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Read “Ender’s Game” first. It will be very good material for posts.
September 9th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
I second Adam’s rec. There’s been a vibrant dialog in the D5GW “Forums” ( behind the curtain) about Ender and his contemporaries.
Happy (belated) B-day! Remember, 40 is the new 20!
September 9th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Thanks again Dona Julia!
It is the new 20, Shane ! ( Mrs. Z. disagrees BTW)
The rec is duly noted, Mr. E.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
But don’t stop at Ender’s Game or Speaker for the Dead. Engage the Shadow series which explores beyond the initial days of Ender.
And a belated happy birthday. You and Shane should team up and scribe a post about how hard life was before the discovery of irrigation… 🙂
September 11th, 2007 at 12:19 am
” … how hard life was before the discovery of irrigation… :)”
This from a guy whose Blogspot profile shows an age of 830.
Must have been nice living before the advent of the nation-state and the Hordes could swarm the empires of south-central Asia! (Let alone before the Prophet Muhammad’s “Recitation”!!)
September 11th, 2007 at 12:57 am
Lol! Good one!
Yeah, I’ll have to update that bit. Knock 797 years off (get your abacus out Shane) for my real age.