Of Rats and Men

This in about Culture, and tagged , , , was written by on April 25, 2013 . 5 Comments

This is a (very preliminary) prologue to a sci-fi novel I’ve been thinking of writing for some time. It’s called 100 YEARS TO VICTORY, but obviously liable to change. My sole question is: Would you continue reading the rest of this book? It’s been nearly a decade since I built my first cage. It was […]

Translation: Sergey Lukyanenko – I Will Vote For Putin

This , in about Politics, and tagged , , , was written by on January 23, 2012 . 30 Comments

Courtesy of Evgeny‘s comment at Mark Adomanis’ blog, I found a very interesting piece by Sergey Lukyanenko – the bestselling Russian sci-fi writer best known for his Night Watch series, which was later converted into Russia’s first blockbuster film in 2004 – on the recent turmoil in Russian politics. It is a bit dated, from […]

Book Review: James Kunstler – World Made by Hand

This in about Futurism, and tagged , , , , was written by on April 10, 2009 . 5 Comments

“World Made by Hand” by James Howard Kunstler, published in 2008. Rating: 3/5. World Made by Hand is a speculative fiction book about how a sociopolitical collapse may be experienced by small-town Americans. It is of a reasonable length, engaging and generally well-written, although far from a literary masterpiece – not that that is necessarily a […]