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Chrome OS -- Thursday, 9 December, 2010
Chrome OS is Google's attempt to provide a new operating system for naive users. The buzz about it is that it's browser-centric - that the browser is the OS, and that's all there is. It turns out that that's not true, and it's all rather less radical - and less interesting - than the publicity suggests.
The polemic, as detective story -- Tuesday, 3 November, 2009
Steig Larsson's first novel looks like a detective story. Well, it looks like that because it is one. But, at a deeper level, it isn't...
Not quite a chip off the old block -- Saturday, 21 March, 2009
In 1936, Pierre-Jules Boulanger asked his engineers to design him a 'toute petite voiture', and they responded in style. They designed a car with flair, with elan, with chic, and with a certain joi de vivre. Can their present- day successors do as well?
The Witcher: Story telling of a high order -- Thursday, 28 February, 2008
I've been engaged in discussion recently about whether fantasy fiction can ever be literature - needless to say, I argue that it can. Can a video game be literature, or at least art of high quality? Experience the Witcher, and find out
George Lucas meets Anne McTorturedAdolescentCaffrey -- Sunday, 9 October, 2005
Eragon, Christopher Paolini, Corgi Books 2005
Spectacle and Courage -- Tuesday, 14 December, 2004
The Extended Edition DVD set of Peter Jackson's movie of the Return of the King is just out, and I've spent altogether too much of this week immersed in it. Here's my thoughts.
Tigana -- Sunday, 12 December, 2004
Guy Gavriel Kay is the fantasy writer's fantasy writer. This is currently my favourite novel.
Dragon Blood -- Friday, 22 October, 2004
Tolkien's King is inherently good; the Return of the King is an icon of the return of good governance. But Patricia Briggs is more subtle and is exploring the genre in new ways ISBN 0-441-01008-3

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