hammered minds
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maribouCurious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist, edited by John Brockman
Like any anthology, somewhat of a mixed bag, but overall I really dug on this book. Most of the scientists included took a pretty slack view of 'child' and let themselves discuss collegiate influences and the like. Pretty much any time someone gets a group of really smart people together to talk about the things that really matter to them, I'm going to like the result.
(33/200)
Hammered, by Elizabeth Bear
I definitely enjoyed this, and am looking forward to the sequel, but she didn't make my 'top 5 SF writers new to me' list like I was hoping from the number of those writers who loved this book. I think I'm just not that big a fan of the crime SF genre. That said, I loved how deeply built her future was. Everything hung together in ways that made scientific and sociological sense, which was very tasty indeed.
(34/200)
Like any anthology, somewhat of a mixed bag, but overall I really dug on this book. Most of the scientists included took a pretty slack view of 'child' and let themselves discuss collegiate influences and the like. Pretty much any time someone gets a group of really smart people together to talk about the things that really matter to them, I'm going to like the result.
(33/200)
Hammered, by Elizabeth Bear
I definitely enjoyed this, and am looking forward to the sequel, but she didn't make my 'top 5 SF writers new to me' list like I was hoping from the number of those writers who loved this book. I think I'm just not that big a fan of the crime SF genre. That said, I loved how deeply built her future was. Everything hung together in ways that made scientific and sociological sense, which was very tasty indeed.
(34/200)
