Finished: La Belle Sauvage

I really enjoyed this. It was particularly enjoyable being able to recognise places from around Oxford. It made me want to reread Northern Lights now I live in Oxford.

Found some of the fantasy stuff a bit jarring and surprising, but it was hard to put down from beginning to end.

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Finished: Zendegi

It was good enough, but not one I would recommend. The books backdrop - a changing Iran - provided an interesting setting for the book. The two lead characters had lots of depth, and there were a couple of unexpectedly emotional bits that felt very real. Ironically, it was the technology - normally the most interesting aspect of Egan's books - that was lacking. The premise was "side loading" a specific humans behaviour into a template of a human brain. It was interesting to see this intermediate technology explored (i.e. on the way to, but not yet at, uploading human consciousness into a computer - a frequent occurrence in Egan's books). However, the story wanders around before simply stopping without really saying very much about it.

Now Starting: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Birthday present from Kim. I am slightly apprehensive about this - as it is a "classic" sci-fi, with all the baggage that that normally entails.

Now Starting: How Bad Are Bananas?

By By Mike Berners-Lee (who is in fact the brother of Tim Berners-Lee, best known for inventing the internet). I am a bit late in posting this (so back dating it), but I was very excited to start reading this (spoiler alert: it does not disappoint).

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