Top geek novels
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I've read 5 or 6 of them....
At the risk of sounding like one of those whiny feminists that Rush Limbaugh routinely bashes, I note that these are all male authors, so that might explain why this particular female geek isn't as familiar with these books. But there are some great geek novels written by women! I'm a huge Ursula LeGuin fan, for example. I'm surprised she's not on that list. The Dispossessed is one of the best books I've ever read. So is The Left Hand of Darkness. Unforgettable. Laura -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Russell Standish Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:46 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Top geek novels For me, 7 out of the 20. The interesting thing is that 5 of these were in the top 8, and another 2 of the top 8 are novels I definitely want to read when I get a round tuit (only got square ones here :). So you get good agreement with me! Cheers On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:22:16PM -0700, J T Johnson wrote: > Who amongst us has not read at least one of these? Who's read them all? > > >From Ex Libris: an E-Zine for Librarians and Other Information Junkies. > http://marylaine.com/exlibris/ > Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2005. > > > "Top 20 Geek Novels > http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2005/11/09/top_20_geek > _novels_the_results.html > > Here's an idea for a display, a program, and a contest at your library > (because not everybody's going to agree with this list). Whoever's > read the most of these titles gets to run the program." > > -tj > > -- > ============================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism > www.analyticjournalism.com <http://www.analyticjournalism.com> > 505.577.6482 (c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com > > "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." > -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician > ============================================== > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at > Mission Cafe Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. > at http://www.friam.org -- *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a virus. It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this email came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you may safely ignore this attachment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) Mathematics 0425 253119 (") UNSW SYDNEY 2052 R.Standish at unsw.edu.au Australia http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. at http://www.friam.org |
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I always felt the best cyberpunk novel was "Fools" by Pat Cadigan.
On 11/22/05, McNamara, Laura A <lamcnam at sandia.gov> wrote: > I've read 5 or 6 of them.... > > At the risk of sounding like one of those whiny feminists that Rush > Limbaugh routinely bashes, I note that these are all male authors, so > that might explain why this particular female geek isn't as familiar > with these books. But there are some great geek novels written by women! > I'm a huge Ursula LeGuin fan, for example. I'm surprised she's not on > that list. The Dispossessed is one of the best books I've ever read. So > is The Left Hand of Darkness. Unforgettable. > > Laura > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:Friam-bounces at redfish.com] On > Behalf Of Russell Standish > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:46 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Top geek novels > > For me, 7 out of the 20. The interesting thing is that 5 of these were > in the top 8, and another 2 of the top 8 are novels I definitely want to > read when I get a round tuit (only got square ones here :). So you get > good agreement with me! > > Cheers > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:22:16PM -0700, J T Johnson wrote: > > Who amongst us has not read at least one of these? Who's read them > all? > > > > >From Ex Libris: an E-Zine for Librarians and Other Information > Junkies. > > http://marylaine.com/exlibris/ > > Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2005. > > > > > > "Top 20 Geek Novels > > http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2005/11/09/top_20_geek > > _novels_the_results.html > > > > Here's an idea for a display, a program, and a contest at your library > > > (because not everybody's going to agree with this list). Whoever's > > read the most of these titles gets to run the program." > > > > -tj > > > > -- > > ============================================== > > J. T. Johnson > > Institute for Analytic Journalism > > www.analyticjournalism.com <http://www.analyticjournalism.com> > > 505.577.6482 (c) 505.473.9646(h) > > http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com > > > > "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." > > -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician > > ============================================== > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at > > Mission Cafe Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. > > at http://www.friam.org > > -- > *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which > is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a virus. > It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this email > came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you may safely > ignore this attachment. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) > Mathematics 0425 253119 (") > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 R.Standish at unsw.edu.au > > Australia > http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks > International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe > Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. at > http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe > Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. at http://www.friam.org > -- Giles Bowkett = Giles Goat Boy http://www.gilesgoatboy.org/ |
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And I completely agree about the bias and odd left-outs. -- Owen Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net - http://redfish.com - http://friam.org On Nov 22, 2005, at 3:57 PM, McNamara, Laura A wrote: > I've read 5 or 6 of them.... > > At the risk of sounding like one of those whiny feminists that Rush > Limbaugh routinely bashes, I note that these are all male authors, so > that might explain why this particular female geek isn't as familiar > with these books. But there are some great geek novels written by > women! > I'm a huge Ursula LeGuin fan, for example. I'm surprised she's not on > that list. The Dispossessed is one of the best books I've ever > read. So > is The Left Hand of Darkness. Unforgettable. > > Laura > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:Friam-bounces at redfish.com] On > Behalf Of Russell Standish > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:46 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Top geek novels > > For me, 7 out of the 20. The interesting thing is that 5 of these were > in the top 8, and another 2 of the top 8 are novels I definitely > want to > read when I get a round tuit (only got square ones here :). So you get > good agreement with me! > > Cheers > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:22:16PM -0700, J T Johnson wrote: >> Who amongst us has not read at least one of these? Who's read them > all? >> >>> From Ex Libris: an E-Zine for Librarians and Other Information > Junkies. >> http://marylaine.com/exlibris/ >> Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2005. >> >> >> "Top 20 Geek Novels >> http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2005/11/09/ >> top_20_geek >> _novels_the_results.html >> >> Here's an idea for a display, a program, and a contest at your >> library > >> (because not everybody's going to agree with this list). Whoever's >> read the most of these titles gets to run the program." >> >> -tj >> >> -- >> ============================================== >> J. T. Johnson >> Institute for Analytic Journalism >> www.analyticjournalism.com <http://www.analyticjournalism.com> >> 505.577.6482 (c) 505.473.9646(h) >> http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com >> >> "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." >> -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician >> ============================================== > >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at >> Mission Cafe Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. >> at http://www.friam.org > > -- > *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which > is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a > virus. > It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this email > came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you may > safely > ignore this attachment. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ---- > A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) > Mathematics 0425 253119 (") > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 R.Standish at unsw.edu.au > > Australia > http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks > International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ---- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe > Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. at > http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe > Wed Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, maps, etc. at http:// > www.friam.org |
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I had 10 out of 20, 9 in the top 10. Yet this doesn't seem like a representative sample. Why aren't these on that list (perhaps it's an age thing): _The_Lord_of_the_Rings_ (all the geeks I know can quote entire chapters), _The_Moon_is_a_Harsh_Mistress_ (it's all about artificial life from a computer), _The_Difference_Engine_ (my VSF bent is showing), most things by our local Walter Jon Williams (, the Gormenghast trilogy, or any of Robert E. Howard's books (face it, geeks fantasize about being Conan). In a nod to Laura, what about The Wizard of Earthsea trilogy or anything by Andre Norton. And, finally, what about John Markoff's and Katie Hafner's _Cyberpunks_, which, if not a novel, is mostly fiction. Ray Parks -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] on behalf of McNamara, Laura A Sent: Tue 11/22/2005 3:57 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Top geek novels I've read 5 or 6 of them.... At the risk of sounding like one of those whiny feminists that Rush Limbaugh routinely bashes, I note that these are all male authors, so that might explain why this particular female geek isn't as familiar with these books. But there are some great geek novels written by women! I'm a huge Ursula LeGuin fan, for example. I'm surprised she's not on that list. The Dispossessed is one of the best books I've ever read. So is The Left Hand of Darkness. Unforgettable. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3372 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20051122/d1c7d5d8/attachment.bin |
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