http://www.allconsuming.net/person/markpasc A list of things that Mark Paschal is consuming Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:36:51 GMT Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:33:36 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/ http://www.allconsuming.net/images/icons/43-icon-31x31.gif http://www.allconsuming.net/home <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9701"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380788624.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9701">Cryptonomicon</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Neal Stephenson</div><br clear="all" /> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:33:36 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14888 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9500">Cities in Flight</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by James Blish</div><br clear="all" /><p>Interesting. I don&#8217;t read enough classic SF. I should get some recommendations and buy from the used store.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:49 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14887 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4695"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/020137921X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121133569_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4695">BUGS in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose (2nd Edition)</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by lyn dupre</div><br clear="all" /><p>Plentiful help for your writing, in short readable pieces. After reading, I started writing <I>as</I> and <I>because</I> instead of <I>since</I> (though apparently <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ns.html#since">that&#8217;s not actually an error</A>).</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:48 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14885 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812541979.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25380">Tea From An Empty Cup (Tea from an Empty Cup)</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Pat Cadigan</div><br clear="all" /><p>A bit depressing, but a great story.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:48 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14884 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13120"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446602604.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444074_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13120">Headcrash</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Bethke</div><br clear="all" /><p>The knowing wink is troweled on. It plays the &#8220;Information superhighway&#8221; metaphor to fairly good effect. The ending is weak; I figured Jack&#8217;s recurring fax wake-up call would tie in somehow, and it didn&#8217;t, which was disappointing. I&#8217;d give it a miss, really.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:48 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14886 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22413"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0765303663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22413">Spaceland : A Novel of the Fourth Dimension</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Rudy Rucker</div><br clear="all" /><p>I don&#8217;t care entirely for the spousal histrionics in Rucker&#8217;s stories, but the math is good. It&#8217;s a good book.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:47 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14883 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14256"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465026567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14256">Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Douglas R. Hofstadter</div><br clear="all" /><p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve actually read the entire book all the way through, even though I&#8217;ve read the book twice or thrice. Some of the material just doesn&#8217;t turn me on, though there&#8217;s plenty that does.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:47 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14882 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15492"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552999059.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15492">Automated Alice</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Jeff Noon</div><br clear="all" /><p>Some interesting ideas (like the computational ant colony), though not as hardcore as, say, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://allconsuming.net/item.cgi?id=0465026567">G</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:46 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14881 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15495"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552999377.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15495">Pixel Juice</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Jeff Noon</div><br clear="all" /><p>Some lovely stories, though some fall short. Entirely worth reading.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:46 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14880 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15003"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517599902.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056449856_.gif" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15003">Pollen</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Jeff Noon</div><br clear="all" /><p>Great book.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:46 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14879 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16088"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553576429.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16088">A Good Old-Fashioned Future</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>The Chattanooga stories from this book made me <a rel="nofollow" href="http://missingmatter.net/article.pl?sid=01/08/13/0255239&#38;mode=thread">ask stupid questions at missingmatter.net</A>.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:45 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14878 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16085"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553576399.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130777979_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16085">Distraction</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>Features a group of anarchic nomads who rule themselves with trust metrics.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:44 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14877 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27994">Globalhead: Stories</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>Some good stories.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:44 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14876 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12847"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441374239.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12847">Islands in the Net</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>Tied with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://allconsuming.net/item.cgi?isbn=0441124232">Global Express</A> for my least favorite Sterling book.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:43 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14873 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16087"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553576410.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/16087">Zeitgeist</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>Not my favorite Sterling, but I&#8217;ve also only read it once.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:43 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14874 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12652"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441003702.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12652">Schismatrix Plus</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>Heady&#8212;really wonderful.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:43 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14875 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12823">Crystal Express</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>Tied with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://allconsuming.net/item.cgi?isbn=0441374239">Islands in the Net</A> for my least favorite Sterling book, perhaps because I&#8217;d already read <a rel="nofollow" href="http://allconsuming.net/item.cgi?id=0441003702">Schismatrix Plus</A> with several stories from it.</p> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:32:42 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14872 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/413">The Artificial kid</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Bruce Sterling</div><br clear="all" /><p>Quite cool. (I have the Wired Cortext reprint.)</p> Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:27:53 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14867 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14940"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517119129.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14940">Douglas Adams: Two Complete Novels</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Douglas Adams</div><br clear="all" /><p>Wonderful. Funny.</p> Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:27:52 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14865 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14944">Mostly Harmless</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by DOUGLAS ADAMS</div><br clear="all" /><p>The <span class="caps">HHGTTG</span> Book of Apocrypha.</p> Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:27:52 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14866 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal) <div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13795"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451452313.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="ac-title" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14px;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13795">Better than Life (Red Dwarf)</a></div><div class="ac-creator">by Grant Naylor</div><br clear="all" /><p>Funny, but disappointing that it doesn&#8217;t have a plot that wasn&#8217;t in the show.</p> Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:27:52 GMT http://www.allconsuming.net/entry/view/14864 nobody@allconsuming.net (Mark Paschal)