A short little book about Darwinian evolution. Dawkins uses the metaphor of a river of information (the information being the genetic sequences in all life on Earth) to explain the workings of evolution and natural selection. Good as usual, although lighter than his earlier works.

I normally don’t read modern horror, but this was recommended to me, I think by Amy. Very, very good. Spooky.

Note to self: when you want to get a book on a technical subject, go with geek-oriented publishers like O’Reilly.

This book is terrible. It has a few good insights about building P2P systems, but the collective wisdom of this volume could easily fit in a book less than a quarter of the size. The rest is filled with rambling prose, condescending and superfluous metaphors, and atrocious grammar. Bleh.

I like to think of Stephenson’s work as the succesor to cyberpunk. It has a lot of the grimey-future aspect of cyberpunk, but with more optimism, humor, and nuance. Good stuff.

An excellent collection of short stories.

The Rat King versus the Pied Piper in mondern-day London. Sort of. Anyway, it is *good*. Miéville was recommended to me by my friend Amy. Thanks Amy!