Archive for September 11th, 2007
Where is your bookmark?
My bookmark is still resting in GRAVE APPAREL by Ellen Byerrum, which I finished last night. It really needs to rest while I catch up on some of my reviews, but is sorely tempted to move into the Twist Phelan book that arrived yesterday, FALSE FORTUNE. Or into the ARC I have for DYING TO BE THIN by Kathryn Lilley. Choosing is difficult, ya know?
But I am about 16 books behind on my reviews. I have read 5 or 6 books by our SMRC authors and want to tell you about them because they are all very good - so look for those in the coming days. Nose to the grindstone.
I was just reading my DorothyL digest and saw that Donna Andrews is looking for a new publisher for her Turing Hopper series. Apparently the existing publisher didn’t pop for more books. If you haven’t read this series, pick it up when you have a chance. The main character (Turing Hopper) is a computer avatar that has gained sentience. Her programmer doesn’t come into work one day and she decides to find him. She worms her way into other software to track his whereabouts and enlists some friends along the way to help in her quest.
One of the wonderful things about the series is Turing’s relationship with the chess program avatar who, like herself, is developing a personality and sentience. Nobody pouts like chess master software.
Posted: September 11th, 2007 under Book Bits.
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