Books!

From CNN’s obit of Arthur Clake:

The 1968 story "2001: A Space Odyssey" -- written simultaneously as a novel and screenplay with director Stanley Kubrick -- was a frightening prophecy of artificial intelligence run amok.

In other news, CNN's obit of Shakespeare notes that he was best known for Hamlet, a horror story about a haunted castle.

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Finished reading two more novels, one last night, and one this morning, my 13th and 14th books of the year. They were:

HMS Surprise, by Patrick O’Brian (1973)
Farewell Summer, by Ray Bradbury (2006)

I enjoyed both, though the glowing afterword by Charlton Heston at the end of HMS Surprise made me worry about whether or not I was allowed to like the same books as Chuckosaurus.

The Bradbury novel is the sequel to his classic Dandelion Wine. It was really more of a coda or cap to the earlier work. Worth reading though, and quite deftly written in places.

Now to finish reading the draft of bard_bloom’s most recent novel!

Coincidence

I bumped into one of my groomsmen today, the only friend I made at university. He works about a block from my office. I'd not talked to him in about four years, and without breaking our commuter stride we'd shared the news of Gary Gygax's death, filled each other in on the past four years, exchanged emails, and talked about where to go for lunch.

I ... I think I like working in downtown Toronto. Though, I do miss lunches with thebitterguy and momentrabbit.