So I did one of those decadent actions I do every so often. I
went to bed last night, started a book, got some sleep, and then
finished the book this morning. I received Connie Willis's
Bellwether in the mail on Friday (thank you Michelle!), and
decided to just read it. This is the first time I knew someone
who used my Amazon Wishlist. Normally I just get books from
strangers who are thankful for source code I release (mod_layout
seems to be the software that people are most thankful
for).
I liked the book though it was a bit outside of my normal
definition for Science Fiction. There really wasn't much of a
science fiction angle to it. The math was all statistical in
nature, and the comments on chaos theory weren't all that
profound. The main character rattles off facts constantly, and
about midway through the book I was waiting for the plot to get
going. Willis could have shortened the beginning and spent more
time on the main two …
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