Spook Country
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William Gibson
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The second in the trilogy started
by Pattern Recognition and Zero History.
I read this after Zero History and it helped fill in the characters
that seemed to appear without any background or fullness in Zero History. Enjoyable, but not quite as enthralling as
Zero History. Tempting to go back and
re-read Pattern Recognition.
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Rescue
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Anita Shreve
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A typical "National
Bestseller" paperback airport purchase.
Fast read. Tugs at your
heartstrings in that predictable formulaic and occasionally brain-candy
satisfying way: Good guy saves girl, they fall in love, problems and children
ensue, they break up, time passes, it appears that they may make it in the
end.
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China in Ten Words
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Yu Hua
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10 essays on modern China, each
centered on a theme of a particular word.
Very educational and unexpectedly funny.
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Distrust That Particular Flavor
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William Gibson
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A collection of Gibson's
non-fiction essays written from the mid 90s until today. His insights are impressively unique and
often make it obvious how he arrived at some of the more famous places and
ideas of his fiction works. His open
discomfort with non-fiction writing as opposed to fiction is a bit too strong
and occasionally distracts from what would otherwise be a great analysis and
perspective. Even so, I very much
enjoyed his snapshot in time analysis of various technical and cultural memes
over the last 2 decades.
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Ghost In the Wires
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Kevin Mitnick
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A fascinating story told from the
viewpoint of the hacker himself.
Obviously addicted to hacking and psychopathic about his life choices
on his family and others, he makes believable claims that he never delved
into any hacking activities that brought him any financial gain. By far, the most interesting bits described
just how effective social engineering can be if you have absolutely no
concern about lying.
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Mile Zero (half-finished)
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Thomas Sanchez
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This was a promising book. I loved the transitive narration between
characters with different dialects.
But, I accidentally left it on the plane on our way back from Key West
(where it is set), and I didn't love the book so much that I had to order
another copy.
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December 31, 2012
2012: Books 28 - 33(ish)
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