Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 14:18:44 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] What a Nobel laureate reads ...
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
To: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

"I just finished Ken MacLeod=92s =93The Restoration Game,=94 which was grea=
t
fun. And I am rereading Isaac Asimov=92s =93Foundation Trilogy=94 because I
am supposed to write an introduction to a new edition. That is
pleasure and work together."

"Last year, I reread =93Dune=94 by Frank Herbert, which is still an
awesome book. There were various sequels I didn=92t like, but what got
me on the reread of =93Dune=94 is that it was clearly written by someone
in the grip of a vision. "

"I like old-fashioned space opera less. There isn=92t much current stuff
I really like. The authors I do [like] seem to be mostly Scots or
Brits, such as Iain Banks, Charlie Stross, and MacLeod."

http://bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2012/05/05/paul-krugman-economist-and-sci=
-buff/2LTK79iHuaYgszURfogh1J/story.html

mjw