speculative fiction

On joining Singularity Weblog I signed up for the free e-book Accelerando. Which I will not, after all,  be downloading! It is in all probability an excellent example of its kind. So my rejection in no way a reflection of the quality of the book. It is simply that I discovered it to be a novel and (unless dosed very heavily with humor a la Douglas Adams) I just don’t read Sci Fi any more. You see, I am an old guy. Having had a great thirst for books of all kinds from my boyhood right through to my early thirties I eventually became bored with fiction in general and SF in particular. All the while intrigued by works such as The Selfish Gene as well as the study of chemistry and the fun of fooling around with electronics, I [...]