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Jun. 8th, 2015 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribComment #1 - Station Eleven
Amazon delivered unto me a copy of the wonderful new novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy today. Mandel does a great job on her apocalypse, as well as tying Arthur Leander, her Canadian actor who dies in Chapter 1, into all the events that follows. Really well-written. The "station eleven" of the title refers to a graphic novel written by one of the characters. It plays a key role in the end of the book.
Comment #2 - Worldcon travel plans
I've booked my hotels for Worldcon. I'm planning on a weekend in Seattle, a couple of days in Yakima Washington, which will be the base to explore Mt. Rainier, and then on to Spokane.
Comment #3 - Weekend Update
On Saturday, I drove down to Yuppie Central (Damen & North Ave. in Chicago) and attended a Tor.com author meetup. Tobias Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Tim Akers were all in attendance. I bought a copy of Three Body Problem because both the interpreter and author were on hand and so I got both to sign the book.
Comment #4 - Getting off my butt
Some time ago, I installed a sit-stand desk at work. On Friday, I decided I wasn't getting enough "stand" out of it. So, I loaded a software package called "Big Stretch Reminder" on my PC. It sends a popup on a timed basis to remind me tostand up you lazy slob stretch.
Amazon delivered unto me a copy of the wonderful new novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy today. Mandel does a great job on her apocalypse, as well as tying Arthur Leander, her Canadian actor who dies in Chapter 1, into all the events that follows. Really well-written. The "station eleven" of the title refers to a graphic novel written by one of the characters. It plays a key role in the end of the book.
Comment #2 - Worldcon travel plans
I've booked my hotels for Worldcon. I'm planning on a weekend in Seattle, a couple of days in Yakima Washington, which will be the base to explore Mt. Rainier, and then on to Spokane.
Comment #3 - Weekend Update
On Saturday, I drove down to Yuppie Central (Damen & North Ave. in Chicago) and attended a Tor.com author meetup. Tobias Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Tim Akers were all in attendance. I bought a copy of Three Body Problem because both the interpreter and author were on hand and so I got both to sign the book.
Comment #4 - Getting off my butt
Some time ago, I installed a sit-stand desk at work. On Friday, I decided I wasn't getting enough "stand" out of it. So, I loaded a software package called "Big Stretch Reminder" on my PC. It sends a popup on a timed basis to remind me to
