Lisa Gold is instructing a class in Research for Writers, still time to register if you are in the Seattle area. Ms Gold is also the researcher that worked with Neal Stephenson on the Baroque Trilogy. So if that is not a ringing endorsement for her class, then here is a quote from her site from the man himself…
“Ms. Gold roams at ease through the most difficult and recondite topics, like an Indiana Jones of the world of letters.” –-Neal Stephenson
And that is pre-crystal skull Indy right there!
ph5il Baroque Cycle, Books, Quicksilver, System of the World, The Confusion
FlyingSinger has a brief review of Anathem over here at his blog. But what caught my attention is that he read it on an iPhone with the Kindle SW?!? I mean WOW that is tenacity, I mean the finger-swipes alone have me thinking that the poor guy will need some kind of joint replacement! But anyway I guess it beats lugging an almost 900 page book around for a couple weeks…
ph5il Anathem, Books