I have written before about Anne Currie's rather excellent "Panopticon" series of books. I actually thought I had written up my thoughts about all the books in the series so far, but it seems that I Read more
Tag: scifi
Book review: Anne E Currie's "Panopticon" series, books 1 and 2
I asked recently for recommendations for sci-fi books that I might enjoy, and a few people recommended Anne E Currie's "Pantopticon" series. "It will be right up your street!" one of them said. And Read more
Near-distant scifi fiction recommendations from Twitter
I asked on Twitter for some reading recommendations: Do you have personal recommendations for near-ish future, tech-aware /focussed, fiction, please, ideally available as an ebook? Dystopian stuff is Read more
Book review: "The Warehouse"
Paxton never thought he’d be working Security for the company that ruined his life, much less that he’d be moving into one of their sprawling live-work facilities. But compared to what’s left Read more
Book review: "Hacker: The Outlaw Chronicles"
My theme of hacker / hacking-related books continues, and last night I read "Hacker: The Outlaw Chronicles". I read it in one sitting, and it was... fine. Not brilliant, not terrible. Fine. The Read more
Book review: "The Last Hacker"
Living in the Los Angeles wasteland can be tough – especially when you’re just some dude whose only real skill is computer hacking. So, Artie Gonzalez spends most of his days building drones, Read more
Time for your compulsory home camera installation
Hello! We're here to make some upgrades to your home. No, you have no real choice. Yes, we're fitting cameras to every room, but we're only using them to monitor for Bad Things which we define and Read more