@ hdhoang:

Thanks, I saw that before. The presentation is a bit on the cheesy side at times. In the book he mostly plays it straight, but in this thing he jokes around a lot.

Also, the man really needs a site redesign. I mean seriously his generator meta tag says “Mozilla/4.04 [en] (Win95; I) [Netscape]”. :/

http://www.rifters.com/real/progress.htm here’s Watts introducing his vampire domestication program, including the Crucifix Glitch which I can’t figure out within the novel.

@ copperfish:

Really? I liked it from beginning to end. Perhaps it’s a matter of personal experience. There was a bit of a tone shift when Watts moved away from “spooky aliens structure is spooky” to “shit just got real, let’s do science to it” but I didn’t mind.

The book really fell flat towards the end for me. 3/4 of the way through it just became a struggle to read which is odd given that the rest of it was so interesting. Probably just me though.

@ Luke: Very true indeed! :P

@ Sameer:

Yep, it is but I still recommend buying it. Books are not expensive, and Mr. Watt’s definitely deserves our money for producing this book. :)

@ StDoodle:

Wait.. O can go play Skyrim now? Yaaaaay! See you in a few days. :)

@ Victoria:

Awesome. I love when people find these useful. :)

LOL, Luke, you’re my book list supplier too :) I have just finished Geek Love. Will add this one.

Just adding another voice to the “I’ve discovered some good SF here” crowd. Also, my brother got obsessed with Stross / singularity ideas after I loaned him my collection. Will have to give this one a try, too.

So never fear! You’ve done something helpful for the week, feel free to go back to Skyrim for a while. :p

Yes!! I loved this book. Great to see it on your list, Luke. The ebook is available under creative commons license here. Recommended for hard sci-fi fans.

I’ve also read Watts’ Starfish, first of his Rifters-trilogy, which is also very good. Haven’t found time to read the sequel though.

@ Mitlik:

LOL! I can’t promise anything!