Subject: Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: recommendations for great science fiction written in the last 10 years?
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 12:14:55 +0200
DEFINATELY the Diamond Age, or from the same author Snow Crash.
What Neil Stevendon does is present you with a world for a bit ( Nano technology works, in Diamond Age, or Everyone has a second virtual life in Snow Crash) and then gives you a run of the mill exiting rollacoaster of a novel, based on those presumptions.. LOVE HIM...
I just read Anathem, his latest, also genius, but a bit long and heavy for a "trip book"..
Of the 3 .. Diamond Age, lots of cool stuff.. changed the way I think about e-learning (my day-job) as a matter of fact...
enjoy
M
PS: but surely.. all planes have SO MUCH inflight fun... catch up on all them films you missed... play Super Mario... Or my favorite... (but expensive) use the seat-back phone to call a random seat for a chat!!!
