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layout: post
title: In the meantime
date: 2007-10-24
tags: ["Book Reviews","Links"]
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On a slightly less introspective note, I have been doing things other than just hunting for "the next great thing."  I have taken this as an opportunity to try to catch up on the stacks of books that have pilled up over the last year.  I thought I would highlight a few that I have finished lately that are worth mentioning.  No spoilers, just recommendations.

*   [The Road](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0307265439&assoc=gothmogstolkiena) - Cormac McCarthy - Hauntingly wonderful, I could not put it down.
*   [The Accidental Time Machine](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0441014992&assoc=gothmogstolkiena) - Joe Haldeman - Light reading but fun.
*   [Thirteen](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0345485254&assoc=gothmogstolkiena) - Richard K. Morgan - He had a lull in quality, but I think he is picking up again.
*   [Halting State](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0441014984&assoc=gothmogstolkiena) - Charles Stross - Fun tech mystery
*   [The Nine](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0385516401&assoc=gothmogstolkiena) - Jeffrey Toobin - Good read even if the author had an evident bias.  (And I was tickled by the most likely unintentional ode to Tolkien in the title.)
*   [Blink](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0316010669&assoc=gothmogstolkiena) - Malcolm Gladwell - Seriously makes you think.  Successor to [The Tipping Point](http://www.confusticate.com/cgi-global/amazonbounce.pl?isbn=0316346624&assoc=gothmogstolkiena).

Beyond reading books, there are plenty of tech issues to keep abreast of; I have started looking at the topic for my Master's project and will hopefully be nailing that down soon.  There have been camping trips (pictures [here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabayn/sets/72157602452325867/) and [here](http://viajera.smugmug.com/gallery/3680139#210445505)) and lots of other excitement.

Never a dull moment here in sleepy Williamsburg.