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October 25, 2005

Boids of a Feather

I'm noodling with another new toy, an experimental web browser called Flock. One thing about this browser, and the feature I'm using as we speak, is this newfangled blog interface that's actually part of the browser itself. It's sniffed out my Movable Type sign-in page, connected with it, and now here I am writing stuff. Flock is also big on sharing favourites/bookmarks between users. So far it's pretty much like Firefox, but with extra features, and a bit more zip.

Okay, time to get back to the scribble. Wish me luck. In today's episode, Our Beleaguered Protagonist is having a chat with the deranged former captain of HMS Eclipse about all manner of interesting things, which is precursor for some Big Things coming up a bit later.

Meanwhile, my almost-completely-blind, non-sf-reading mum has just finished reading ECLIPSE. She says, bless her, that she wants to see what it is I'm writing. Her one-word review of the book: "harrowing". Sounds like she "got it". :) Maybe I should suggest a few other sf novels she might like. I've often thought she could probably enjoy a bit of Connie Willis or Anne McCaffrey.

Posted by adrian at October 25, 2005 02:42 PM

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Told you. I stayed up over two hours past my bedtime last night to finish Eclipse. Great read, old bean, you have a winner!

Now I'm all groggy and stuff and I'll probably screw up and tick of an important customer and lose my job and it will be entirely your fault, Adrian. ;)

Posted by: Charlie at October 26, 2005 11:43 PM

I'm about two-thirds of the way through, and 'harrowing' is quite an accurate description. I tend to put book I read in three categories:

casual - those that may have some good things about them, but that I can easily set aside for an extended period of time and not miss them.

meditative - those that are enjoyable and I do want to finish, but won't keep me up at night.

pulse-pounders - those that keep me up at night, that make me lose track of time, that I take into the loo with me because I can't put them down, that I have to leave at home because the temptation to read it while driving to work will be too great.

Eclipse is a pulse-pounder. Keep your blood pressure medication at hand.

Posted by: Charlie at October 25, 2005 11:34 PM

I am positively itching to get my hands on a copy of Eclipse, but I'm pretty sure it's not available in the UK yet. Will Edge ship it here for me, do you think? [twitches gently]

Posted by: pastamasta [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 25, 2005 08:53 PM

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