Back in the day (and we're talking middle school/high school/college) it was a function of time of year: summer was when I could read for me, rather than school.
Back before kids, it was when we'd go on vacation, and I knew I'd have a sizeable block of time to read, so the tradition remained.
Now it's evolved into some thing like National Novel Writing Month: if I talk about reading the books, if I set a goal for myself, well, then the books will likely get read. Plus, it casts my mind back to those more laid-back days when I could blow through 15-20 books in a summer. :)
I'll be posting my thoughts on Lathe of Time and Golden Globe later this week, but I agree -- Steel Beach was better (though my issue is more with story pacing than the darkness of the story). Quicksilver stopped me for the same reason it did you: I was expecting Cryptonomicon and I got something else. But I'm willing to give it another try (and it saves me from buying another book...)
Sun, 07/06/2008 - 1:06pm
Back in the day (and we're talking middle school/high school/college) it was a function of time of year: summer was when I could read for me, rather than school.
Back before kids, it was when we'd go on vacation, and I knew I'd have a sizeable block of time to read, so the tradition remained.
Now it's evolved into some thing like National Novel Writing Month: if I talk about reading the books, if I set a goal for myself, well, then the books will likely get read. Plus, it casts my mind back to those more laid-back days when I could blow through 15-20 books in a summer. :)
I'll be posting my thoughts on Lathe of Time and Golden Globe later this week, but I agree -- Steel Beach was better (though my issue is more with story pacing than the darkness of the story). Quicksilver stopped me for the same reason it did you: I was expecting Cryptonomicon and I got something else. But I'm willing to give it another try (and it saves me from buying another book...)
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