31.12.2004
Last day of the year
Another year is almost over and as I look back, I wonder where it all went. Mind you, in the space of 12 months, it has changed a lot, new job, investment property purchased and, for the first time in years (if not ever), I’m actually happy in my day job (for some strange reason, I like going to work).
One of the highlights of the year has been the number of good authors I’ve come across (or who continue to write very well). In no particular order:
Science Fiction
- Neal Asher for his Polity books. Looking at his web site, there are 2 books of his out I don’t have so I”m off to visit amazon after this.
- Alastair Reynolds for his Revelation Sapce books.
- Peter F Hamilton for his Nights Dawn trilogy and all the books following.
- Richard Morgan for his Takashi Kovacs books and Market Forces (which I’m currently reading again, having just finished Broken Angels for about the fifth time).
Fantasy
- Steven Erikson for his Malazan Empire books. An absolutely huge series of books and some of the most gritty, complicated fantasy books I’ve ever read.
- Janny Wurts for her continuing series of the Mistwraith/Alliance of Light books (and numerous other books including the excellent “To Ride Hells Chasm”).
In other things, I continue to play with MovableType and experiment more. Started looking into this whole concept of “pinging” other sites to announce/confirm updates and created my own technorati profile.
Anyway, things to do (for example head down to the beach and have a swim…)