Kendrick Curtis (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lieutenanth) wrote,@ 2008-09-16 08:42:00 |
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Some book recommendations from my sojourn:
-- The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross, particularly formysterycult: it's roughly equal measures James Bond, X-Files and the IT Crowd. Yes, you read that right.
-- A Short History Of Islam by Karen Armstrong; it is short indeed at under 200 pages but informative if a bit dry towards the end. Still, if you want a rough overview of where Islam is at and what the historical and philosophical differences are between Sunni and Shiite this is a good, quick read.
-- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell; I can't recommend this highly enough. Alien life is discovered near Alpha Centauri. While the UN dithers, it's the Jesuits who send the first contact mission. It's a sort of heartbreaking suspense flashback mystery thing.
Some book recommendations from my sojourn:
-- The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross, particularly for
mysterycult: it's roughly equal measures James Bond, X-Files and the IT Crowd. Yes, you read that right.-- A Short History Of Islam by Karen Armstrong; it is short indeed at under 200 pages but informative if a bit dry towards the end. Still, if you want a rough overview of where Islam is at and what the historical and philosophical differences are between Sunni and Shiite this is a good, quick read.
-- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell; I can't recommend this highly enough. Alien life is discovered near Alpha Centauri. While the UN dithers, it's the Jesuits who send the first contact mission. It's a sort of heartbreaking suspense flashback mystery thing.
