Monday, 2013-07-08

Summer reading 2013

  • Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross
  • The Stone Canal by Ken McLeod

Quick re-reads of two novels by Scottish-based authors, dealing with similar themes - artificial intelligence, and what it means to be sentient and free.

  • Zoé’s Tale by John Scalzi
  • Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre

I borrowed these at the Halmstad library. Zoé’s Tale is written as a YA novel and it shows, but Scalzi’s trademark humour and the weirdly dark space opera universe it’s set in carries it.

Bedlam is a fun romp where the protagonist is trapped in a computer game. It’s better than it sounds!