Take Two

I’ve managed to get through a number of books lately. Here’s some of them:

I bought The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time after seing it mentioned in someone’s blog (Joel Spolsky, perhaps?). It was funny and sad; enjoyable, but also frustrating. A thoroughly good read.

Not too long ago I read The Salmon of Doubt, a collection of writings by the late Douglas Adams. I must admit that I found this one rather boring; that is, up until the partially finished Dirk Gently novel. That part was quite good, but, alas, you guessed it, unfinished.

More recently than that I’ve read Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites. Call me weird, but although I’ve heard more from others about the first two, I definately preferred the third. I can’t quite explain why, but it captured me in a way the two first ones did not. I simply found it much harder to put down.

I haven’t just read fiction either. Steven Levy’s Hackers is a fascinating tale of computer wizards spanning three decades.

I’ve also read a few tech books, but I’ll get back to them later.