Behold a fine new SF talent
Thanks to seeing it plugged over at Instapundit, I clicked on Amazon the other day to buy “Old Man’s War”, by writer and blogger John Scalzi. The book is about a guy who, at an advanced stage of life, decides to join the military. I am not going to reveal the outline of the plot – you can get an idea if you follow the link – but any book that is likened to Heinlein’s Starship Troopers but with a more rounded worldview gets my attention. Scalzi is a fine blogger ,and I look forward to reading him. I’ll post a review up when I have read it.
The only problem is that there are so many decent books out there that I wonder how I can find the time. I still have Neal Stephenson’s Baroque trilogy to wade through, dammit.
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Harry has picked up on what is in effect the NUS’ refusal to include anti-Semitism in its definition of racism.
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The Acme School Of Broadcasting
You might recall this from a couple of months ago—the TV weatherman who stumbled and bumbled his way through a truly agonizing segment.
Well, I think I found one of his classmates, this time a sportscaster. He’s not as comprehensively awful as the first guy; but then, the bar has been set so very, very low.
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