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November 2, 2003
'A Place So Foreign...' is Excellent Fare
Over vacation, I managed to consume a few novels and other literary works. The most fun thing I read was A Place So Foreign and Eight More, a collection of short stories by Cory Doctorow. Doctorow is a writer, general tech junkie, and blogger over at boingboing.net.
A Place So Foreign and Eight More is, as you might surmise, a set of nine shorts covering a wide range of places, times, and issues. However, they all come back to one general theme: how humans and aliens (terrestrial or otherwise) interact and the bizarre sociologies that result.
To make it all the more yummier, Doctorow makes free e-book versions of his works available. I downloaded a version in Palm Reader format and was happy as a clam (the only downside to e-book reading on a trip is that 10 minutes immediately during take-off and landing during which "all electronic devices must be stowed"...oh well, still beats the dead tree version). You can grab all the free e-book versions of Doctorow's various works at his website.
Posted by Craig in Movies & Books