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Ok, so another post about the cold weather, but last night was the coldest ever in Uppsala. At Uppsala airport it was -33,2 degrees celcius. And at the flat this morning it was still -23.
Thank god for long johns is all I'm saying...
Yesterday Elsa and me were out having some fun on the snow racer sh egot for christmas. It was great fun riding down through the deep snow, and not bad training pulling her back up.
It was reading minus 18 degrees celcius this morning, almost lost a couple of fingers cycling to work.
Also saw a pretty ice crystal rainbow :-)
Dan Simmons: Ilium (Gollancz S.F.)
A pretty good science fiction take on Homer's Iliad. Definitely worth a read. (****)
John Meaney: Paradox
This was my first book by John Meaney and for most of the book I was pretty happy. It had a lot of interesting ideas about the structure of society and new types of technology. The biggest problem for me was that some of these could have used a lot more fleshing out. I had the feeling that somehow all these things would become clearer as the plot progressed but unfortunately that didnt happen. Still an enjoyable read by a new (to me) author. (***)
Iain M. Banks: Feersum Endjinn
I am a big fan of Iain M Banks and this was the first of his books that I read. Its a pretty unique story and the scale of the environment is a good new slant. When you start reading it takes a bit of time to get used to the parts that are written phonetically. But its worth sticking with it and after a while you almost dont notice :-) (*****)
Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon
This is a great book, especially if your even the smallest bit a geek. A good mix of face and fiction that is also humorous. Its not very often you get a blend of those that are as good as this. Big thumbs up. (*****)
