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Review: The Annihilation Score
http://www.amazon.com/The-Annihilation-Score-Laundry-Files/dp/0356505316 The Annihilation Score is the latest in Charle’s Stross’s Laundry novels. As with the previous it is a mix of humor targeted at modern office practices (PowerPoint, line management, HR) with a Lovercraftian backstory (gibbering demons from another dimension, eldritch summonings) and a spy-thriller aesthetic (shadowy government intelligence agency, safe houses, codenames). The early…
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Currently reading: The Annihaliton Score
The latest in Charles Stross’s Laundry Novels picks up where the previous one (The Rhesus Chart) left over but with a shift in perspective. Rather than Bob Howard (the protagonist of all the previous Laundry tales) the narrator is Dominique O’Brien P.h.d – mathematician, secret agent of the occult Laundry agency and wielder of a…
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Why Science is Never Settled – a review of part two of the essay
My review of Part 1 of Why Science is Never Settled by Ted Roberts can be found here. Part 2 Is focused more on the fallibility of science. Like Part 1 it lacks focus or connection with a unifying argument. In some ways it acts more like an appendix to Part 1, with a look…
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Why Science is Never Settled – a review of part one of the essay
Reviewing two (here and here) of the Best Related Work Hugo nominees made me realize I had to do at least one more. Why Science is Never Settled by Ted Roberts is an essay on the scientific method. It isn’t science fiction and it isn’t appalling but it isn’t good. Unlike The Hot Equations it…
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Evil SJW Message Fiction! A cat reviews The Hot Equations
[The Hot Equations by Ken Burnside is a Puppy nominated contender for Best Related Work in the Hugo Awards. My fictional talking cat Timothy, has asked that he presents his review. As his little cat paws are built for “fighting not typing” as he puts it, the review is presented as an interview. Audio of…
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Let’s talk about puppy poo: [Updated]
[Update 16/07/2015 Michael Z Williamson, author of Wisdom from My Internet reviewed below, has announced on his blog that he will be voting No Award across the board. His argument being that the Hugo’s and award like the Nebula’s are no longer any good because of the quality of the nominees. Oddly he seems to…
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Sunday beer: Liberty Ale
What I’m drinking this Sunday: You can read more about it here: http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beer/liberty_ale
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Review – File770:The Puppy Kerfuffle
[An elevated comment from here] This interactive webgame “File770:The Puppy Kerfuffle” is very well produced. The point systems for achievements (20 points – insightful filk, 25-points roundup up suggested title elevated to actual title, 6 – points random abuse from a prominent puppy etc) gives the game a real feeling of reality. Indeed I was…
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The Aslan, the warlock and the cupboard: more on One Bright Star: [Updated][Updated a bit more+]
[There is an interesting alternate view of Tybalt from a fan of Wright here] [I’m putting some additional Tybalt opinions at the end] It is a rule of blogging that a blog in search of hits must blog on the topics that have received hits. Such is the way of the blog. The recent posts…
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Puppy reaction to Sandifer v Day: [Updated]
[Update: surprisingly John C Wright has mentioned this post on his own blog. I have been anointed the rank of “Magic Morlock”: scifiwright.com. Yeah, MAGIC morlock.] You may need to read this post first to understand the background. El Sandifer has published the transcript to her pod-cast discussion with arch-Rabid Puppy Vox Day. The discussion…
Camestros Felapton
Two Time Hugo Award Finalist
Camestros Felapton 