My favorite book by Stephenson thus far. Though I haven’t read Zodiac, and I’m in the middle of Quicksilver, which I’m enjoying very much.

What’s with the (Remembering Tomorrow) subtitle or whatever that is? Anyway, “Neuromancer” is fantastic. Every time I pick it up, I get sucked in by the cold, hard beauty of the prose. The book drags you right into it’s vision. I’ve read it several times and I’m sure I’ll read it again.

Is this a new translation? I read some books of Lem’s from the series with this cover, specifically, “The Cyberiad”, which was hilarious and fantastic. Then I read an older paperback edition of “Memoirs Found in a Bathtub” and “Solaris” and the prose was ugly and hard to follow.

Reminds me of Dave McKean’s art, only less dark and nightmarish. Not the best writing in the world, but you will enjoy the characters, setting, and incredible art.

My favorite Murakami novel. Very, very good.

I don’t know if it was the translation or what, but I had a hard time getting through this. It also shifts between two radically different viewpoints and styles. Not my favorite Murakami book. I would suggest it if you were a fan.

I enjoyed parts of this, but I don’t know if I can really say it’s worth consuming. “Wonder Boys” is my favorite work of his, and I think it’s a better novel. “Kavalier & Clay” tends to sprawl and the characters aren’t as interesting or believable, though it’s a lot more interesting than his first novel, “Mysteries of Pittsburgh”.

I was buying this month by month as it came out and anxiously awaiting each volume. There are 29 volumes in total, with 300+ pages per volume (about 9000 pages total). It’s an amazing epic. I got it out of my attic to read again and now my girlfriend is addicted. Might be hard to get a hold of, and costly, but if you can somehow get a hold of it, read it!

This book assumes that you have some programming experience, though not necessarily with Python. It shows you a lot of code up front and then walks you through it step by step. You dive right in, hence the name. I found Mark Pilgrims writing clear and concise. I had a lot of fun with this book. I think it’s a great way to learn Python. I’m interested to read some of his other books.

I really did enjoy this movie. The songs were overdone and kind of fell flat compared to the rest of the movie. The opening reminded me of a chocolate factory run by the machines from The Matrix. It was a very typical Tim Burton opening. Johnny Depp was mostly brilliant. I feel like they cut out a lot of things in the latter half of the movie to make it shorter. There’s less and less interesting detail and gags as the movie goes on, which is a shame. But really, I don’t think there’s much out right now that’s better than this. A lot of fun.