Broken Angels is the sequel to “Altered Carbon” by newest cyberpunk idol Richard Morgan. Takeshi Kovac has again some nano- and megaenimies to crush with his “envoy conditioning”. This book is less brutal and less sex-oriented. Actually it’s more sci-fi-oriented than the first one. We are getting more and more inside into the world of the [...]
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Horus Heresy – Horus rising
July 6th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
I never particularly liked Warhammer 40.000, never played any board or computer games, based on this universe. In fact, armored felt boots are waay to nerdy even for me. But sometimes one can appreciate masterpieces even in the genres, which one doesn’t like. Unquestionable masterpiece was the latest computer game in the Warhammer 40.000 series – [...]
Altered Carbon
June 23rd, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
Altered Carbon is a dark cyberpunk novel by Richard Morgan. At the time, when most of the bestsellers are talking about vampires, catholics or wizards, it’s nice to find a good old-school science fiction action novel. Richard Morgan is the flagship of cyberpunk of the first decade of 21 century (as was William Gibson in [...]
Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
June 14th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
Yesterday i finished listening to the latest book of Dan Brown – “Lost Symbol“. I like Dan Brown, he writes very enjoyable pulp fiction. I liked him even more, when he was a science fiction writer (the first 3 books). Then he discovered that religion fiction pays much better, unfortunately While reading “Da Vinci Code” [...]
Freakonomics
June 9th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
There are lies, damn lies and statistics. What happens if you apply the rules of statistical analyze to real life? Horrible, horrible things. You can prove almost anything and break the same proof again and again. Depends on how you apply your statistical knowledge. A book ”Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” [...]
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
June 3rd, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
Yesterday I’ve finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsing. It’s and old philosophical book about life and work. Author is trying to answer on the questions how to life without screwing yourself up and how to perform your job correct. Correct not in the sense “to satisfy your boss”, but objectively, [...]
Locke Lamora
May 30th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
The books are getting bigger and bigger every year. They’re also multiplying, writers don’t just create novels, they’re creating long cycles of them. Everybody wants to be like Rowling. It’s even normal to plan ahead, like I’m going to create a huge 10-volumes story about this character. I even know already names of the books. [...]
Catcher in the rye
May 24th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
Today in the sportclub I’ve finished listening to the “Catcher in the rye” by Salinger. Sometimes I feel like reading the classic well-known books, even if only just to understand, why people like them so much. But I admit, I’ve only got the book because the Salinger deceased a couple of month ago. Otherwise I [...]
Sieg Larsson novels
May 7th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Books | View Comments
I don’t like detective novels that much. After all the interesting investigation it boils down to simple murder (or simple theft). But sometimes some books are interesting on their own even in the genre, which is boring. Stieg Larsson was a human rights defender. He especially didn’t like women and children abuse. So, there is a lot [...]
Dostoyevsky spam
May 5th, 2010 by Serguei Alleko in Fun | View Comments
Just received a very nice spam comment a couple days ago. Tanya found my article about a Dostoevsky book great. And some video on youtube on the subject. Good job, Tanya, I couldnt suspect youtube is full of video about this novel! Share on Facebook
