Comments for MentatJack http://mentatjack.com sff book reviews and subversive ontology Fri, 11 May 2012 04:00:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Review: The New Weird (Stimuli) by The New Weird by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (editors) « New Old Friends http://mentatjack.com/2009/06/28/review-the-new-weird-stimuli/#comment-1666 Fri, 11 May 2012 04:00:26 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=798#comment-1666 [...] for another take on this collection, see here. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. Published: May 10, 2012 [...]

]]> Comment on Reading: The New Weird by The New Weird by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (editors) « New Old Friends http://mentatjack.com/2009/05/31/reading-th-new-weird/#comment-1665 Fri, 11 May 2012 04:00:24 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=759#comment-1665 [...] especially with its recommended-reading section at the end (a hyperlinked version can be found here).  New Weird is not China Mieville and a bunch of hangers-on, mainstream appearances [...]

]]> Comment on Game Theory, A contest and an Interview by Game Theory, a practical example | the negotiation room http://mentatjack.com/2012/04/28/game-theory-a-contest-and-an-interview/#comment-1660 Thu, 03 May 2012 20:28:34 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3288#comment-1660 [...] Game Theory, A contest and an Interview (mentatjack.com) Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. No comments yet… [...]

]]> Comment on A reading list: Generation Ships by SF Tidbits for for 10/2/11 - SF Signal – A Speculative Fiction Blog http://mentatjack.com/2011/10/02/a-reading-list-generation-ships/#comment-1622 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:10:58 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2909#comment-1622 [...] MentatJack on A reading list: Generation Ships. [...]

]]> Comment on Mysterious Galaxy: Nathan Long and David Constantine by nathanrlong http://mentatjack.com/2012/03/23/mysterious-galaxy-nathan-long-and-david-constantine/#comment-1597 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:06:48 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3251#comment-1597 Thanks for coming by last night, Steven! Hope you enjoy the book!

]]> Comment on List: What This SciFi Fan Listen’s To by justinmacumber http://mentatjack.com/2011/08/09/list-what-this-scifi-fan-listens-to/#comment-1573 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:14:36 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2783#comment-1573 Aw, thanks for the mention, Erin! We really appreciate people helping get the word out. That was so nice of you.

And mentatjack, I hope you continue to enjoy the show and get something out of it. That’s why we do it. Let us know what you think as you listen further.

]]> Comment on Mild Aggregation: 3/5/12 by Jeff Salyards http://mentatjack.com/2012/03/05/mild-aggregation-3512/#comment-1512 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:47:55 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3234#comment-1512 I’m glad to hear you’re intrigued. :-) Thanks for posting about SCOURGE.

Best,
Jeff

]]> Comment on Reading: Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson by Mild Aggregation: 3/5/12 « MentatJack http://mentatjack.com/2009/07/31/reading-julian-comstock-by-robert-charles-wilson/#comment-1508 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:38:44 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=1059#comment-1508 [...] Killcoin. I like the effect an explicit writer/narrator can offer a work. I enjoyed that in Julian Comstock and the meta-fictional concepts Steven Erikson discusses in this interview entice me to start [...]

]]> Comment on Locus Recommended Reading List (online short fiction) by mentatjack http://mentatjack.com/2012/02/11/locus-recommended-reading-list-online-short-fiction/#comment-1448 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:47:46 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3171#comment-1448 White Lines on a Green Field: Football and high school, impossibly better than you ever remember but in that primal place behind your mind you’re nostalgic for it nonetheless.

]]> Comment on In the flesh: Amelia Beamer and Gary K. Wolfe by Jenn Reese @ Mysterious Galaxy « MentatJack http://mentatjack.com/2010/08/29/in-the-flesh-amelia-beamer-and-gary-k-wolfe/#comment-1446 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:29:15 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2373#comment-1446 [...] enjoyed chatting with Andy Romine before the signing. I’d met him at Amelia Beamer’s signing, where I also met Gary K. Wolfe. Andy has a story in the December issue of Light Speed. It’s [...]

]]> Comment on Jenn Reese @ Mysterious Galaxy by lisamia http://mentatjack.com/2012/02/17/jenn-reese-mysterious-galaxy/#comment-1443 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:27:59 +0000 https://mentatjack.wordpress.com/?p=3194#comment-1443 Looks beautiful!

]]> Comment on Locus Recommended Reading List (online short fiction) by mentatjack http://mentatjack.com/2012/02/11/locus-recommended-reading-list-online-short-fiction/#comment-1440 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:02:59 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3171#comment-1440 A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong: K. J. Parker’s particular brand of magicless fantasy. A well crafted story about music composition, murder and the nature of genius. A story any person working in a creative field will appreciate.

]]> Comment on Locus Recommended Reading List (online short fiction) by mentatjack http://mentatjack.com/2012/02/11/locus-recommended-reading-list-online-short-fiction/#comment-1439 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:08:33 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3171#comment-1439 The Iron Shirts: Alternate history involving 13th century Ireland and Native Americans. The author gives some great background in the comments section and I’m seriously considering reading it a second time.

]]> Comment on Priming the blogging pump by mentatjack http://mentatjack.com/2012/02/05/priming-the-blogging-pump/#comment-1437 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:18:04 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3159#comment-1437 Fixed what was making large TagShadows so heavy. Now you can explore the Locus Recommended Reading TagShadow and I recommend that you do.

]]> Comment on Priming the blogging pump by odo http://mentatjack.com/2012/02/05/priming-the-blogging-pump/#comment-1432 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:36:10 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=3159#comment-1432 Lots of things in common with your list: I work (or used to work) in Machine Learning, I subscribe to Lightspeed, Clarkesworld and Asimov’s, I listen to Coode Street and SF Signal and I think that Greg Egan is one of the best SF authors ever :)

]]> Comment on Reading: The New Weird by If I like China Mieville, which other authors should I try? - Quora http://mentatjack.com/2009/05/31/reading-th-new-weird/#comment-1413 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:57:51 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=759#comment-1413 [...] add comment if you are logged out.Stefan Hayden I would start with this new weird anthology http://mentatjack.com/2009/05/31…Comment downvoted • 6:57amCannot add reply if you are logged out.6:57am  Kenneth Rona [...]

]]> Comment on Podcasts: Week Ending Oct 15, 2011 by Mad Scientist « turenn http://mentatjack.com/2011/10/18/podcasts-week-ending-oct-15-2011/#comment-1407 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:57:21 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2933#comment-1407 [...] Podcasts: Week Ending Oct 15, 2011 (mentatjack.com) [...]

]]> Comment on Podcasts: Week Ending Oct 15, 2011 by Podcasts: Week Ending Oct 22, 2011 « MentatJack http://mentatjack.com/2011/10/18/podcasts-week-ending-oct-15-2011/#comment-1373 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:44:27 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2933#comment-1373 [...] the father seemed a bit over the top. I bring that up because of my comment about Radio Nowhere last week. I’m quite happy that the closest experience I have to abuse involved the occasional cruel [...]

]]> Comment on List: What This SciFi Fan Listen’s To by mentatjack http://mentatjack.com/2011/08/09/list-what-this-scifi-fan-listens-to/#comment-1310 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:42:13 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2783#comment-1310 Loving DRS as well now too.

]]> Comment on A reading list: Generation Ships by mentatjack http://mentatjack.com/2011/10/02/a-reading-list-generation-ships/#comment-1307 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:38:44 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2909#comment-1307 While I don’t have a copy of Orphans of the Sky on my shelf, it turns out that I do have The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA which collected Universe, which is 1/2 of Orphans of the Sky. It’s a special joy to get a recommendation and then randomly find it in my personal library!

]]> Comment on A reading list: Generation Ships by Chris M. http://mentatjack.com/2011/10/02/a-reading-list-generation-ships/#comment-1306 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:34:41 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2909#comment-1306 Heinlein’s “Orphans of the Sky.”
Brian Aldiss’s “Non-Stop” (aka “Starship.”)
Harry Harrison’s “Captive Universe.”
Clifford D. Simak’s short story “Target Generation.”

I haven’t read “Tau Zero” in a long time, but I don’t remember it being a generation ship story exactly.

]]> Comment on A reading list: Generation Ships by WhiteWolf http://mentatjack.com/2011/10/02/a-reading-list-generation-ships/#comment-1305 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:46:02 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2909#comment-1305 Not just Al Reynolds’ REV SPACE books, but everything by Reynolds. He is very firmly anti-FTL in that regard. Pay particular attention to PUSHING ICE and HOUSE OF SUNS.

I’ve heard Greg Bear’s EON and related books follow in this vein as well.

]]> Comment on A reading list: Generation Ships by lavoleous http://mentatjack.com/2011/10/02/a-reading-list-generation-ships/#comment-1304 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:52:49 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2909#comment-1304 Non-stop by Brian Aldiss
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Non-Stop_%28novel%29

]]> Comment on The Kindle Free Digest of F & SF by A reading list: Generation Ships « MentatJack http://mentatjack.com/2011/09/03/the-kindle-free-digest-of-f-sf/#comment-1303 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:30:29 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2868#comment-1303 [...] I have a story idea that I’m fleshing out and it’s got me thinking a TON about long voyages between stars. I’m specifically thinking about non-FTL scenarios, and I’m wanting to pull together a reading list that I hope to tackle in the near future. Here’s what I’ve got so far, looking at recent novels and branching back into older stuff that’s on my radar but I haven’t read yet. I’d love more recommendations, particularly if you know some good short stories (like Overtaken that I mentioned recently). [...]

]]> Comment on Review: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin by Review: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin « MentatJack http://mentatjack.com/2011/05/02/review-a-game-of-thrones-by-george-r-r-martin/#comment-1302 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:24:49 +0000 http://mentatjack.com/?p=2513#comment-1302 [...] wrote, in my review of A Game of Thrones that the book bounced around between feeling like a soap opera, a murder mystery or some strange [...]

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